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You probably first saw Dr. Simpson on TikTok or Instagram or Facebook or Twitter. Dr. Terry Simpson received his undergraduate, graduate, and medical degrees from the University of Chicago, where he spent several years in the Kovler Viral Oncology laboratories doing genetic engineering. Until he found he liked people more than Petri dishes. After a career in surgery, his focus is to make sense of the madness, and bust myths. Dr. Simpson, an advocate of culinary medicine, believes in teaching people to improve their health through their food and in their kitchen. On the other side of the world, he has been a leading advocate of changing health care to make it more "relationship based," and his efforts awarded his team the Malcolm Baldrige award for healthcare in 2018 and 2011 for the NUKA system of care in Alaska and in 2013 Dr Simpson won the National Indian Health Board Area Impact Award. A frequent contributor to media outlets discussing health related topics and advances in medicine, he is also a proud dad, author, cook, and doctor “in that order.” For media inquiries, please visit www.terrysimpson.com.

Fish Farms: A Solution or A Problem

The rise of fish farms provides the ability to feed a hungry planet. But the issues with fish farms can be negative to the environment. Some solutions are available and discussed.

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Overfishing: Our Oceans are in Danger, What You Can Do

Overfishing and fishery collapse has been going on for over 100 years. It is reaching a critical point with poorly managed fisheries. If no changes are made, by 2048 all Native fisheries will collapse. Here is a list of fish to avoid, and what you can do to insure the fish you buy were obtained in a sustainable, responsible manner.

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Fish and Mercury: Causes, Symptoms, Fish you Can Eat

Environmental mercury is threatening our food supply from fish. This article shows how mercury gets into the seafood, and what seafoods can be safely eaten.

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Obamacare hits 7.1 million: Good News and Bad News

There is good news and bad news about increasing coverage of health care. Here are the simple facts of Obama-care and where we should go next with our system.

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Tree Pollens in Phoenix

February, March, and April are the major tree allergy months in Phoenix- and our highest allergy months of the year. Here are a few of the trees that bother us- and why. Knowing the daily allergy levels allows you to know when to start taking antihistamines, as well as when to stop, or if the day is heavy to consider taking other medications such as inhaled steroids.

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Big Pharma: Direct to Consumer Marketing is Unethical

It is time to end direct to consumer advertising of prescription drugs by Big Pharma. It serves no purpose but to drive up drug costs to the US. It is also time to allow importation of “like” drugs from Canada and Europe.

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Chef Graham Elliot: Why His Weight Loss Will Work

Chef Graham Elliot underwent gastric sleeve surgery for weight loss. In the first year having lost over 120 pounds, here is a bit about the surgery he had, and why he will succeed.

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Eat Big But Small – Lamb

Rack of lamb and asparagus – a meal that you can have for under 300 calories that will keep you satisfied for hours. Eat Big but Small is an attempt to show how you can eat more, but less with great food and lots of vegetables.

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Bacteria and Obesity

Is the rise of obesity correlated with the rise in antibiotics? Yes. But while bacteria may be involved in our digestion, there are other factors that are more commonly associated with the rise of obesity.

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