The Dr. Dean Edell Radio Program
In 1979, Edell began broadcasting regularly on KGO radio in San Francisco. By 2005, the Dr. Dean Edell radio program was syndicated to over 200 markets by Premiere Radio Networks, and aired weekday afternoons on America's Talk on XM Radio. The program was estimated to have 1.5 million unique listeners a week.
The program's format included commentary from Edell, and his conversations with callers on medical-related topics. He reported recent developments in medical science and exposed what he believed to be fraud, particularly in the areas of food supplements, holistic healing, and opposition to vaccinations. He frequently summarized complicated medical material in lay terms, and was fond of tackling controversial concepts from a viewpoint based on the scientific method. Edell also has recommended Erowid to listeners who wish to learn about drugs such as Salvia divinorum.
On his program Edell was critical of drugs such as methylphenidate and the increasing number of diagnoses for attention deficit disorder (ADD) among children, based partially on Edell's own experience as someone who, if younger, might have been diagnosed with ADD. He also was outspoken in his criticism of routine circumcision. He was critical of complementary and alternative medicine and those who oppose childhood vaccines.
On December 1, 2010, Edell announced his retirement from radio.
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