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About the Author
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.

Modern Medical Ethics

Modern medical ethics is, like medicine, evolving. It is more than “do no harm” – and this is just a brief introduction to the pillars of ethics, in contrast with the Hippocratic oath. It is from this that we form the basis for our own actions, as physicians.

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Treating Jellyfish Stings

Jelly fish stings can turn a nice day at the beach into a miserable experience. The latest Health News came out with a report of what are the best remedies for those stings- at least in North America. Adding a few things to your beach bag will help.

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LAP-BAND Does NOT Lead to Increased Alcoholism

A recent report about increased alcoholism and weight loss surgery found that it did not apply to the Lap-Band but did apply to the RNY gastric bypass. Patients who have risk factors for alcohol use might find that the Lap-Band would be a better choice for weight loss surgery.

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Should Physicians Force Patients to be Incarcerated?

A woman forced to stay in a hospital because her OBGYN physicians asked the courts to make them protect the life of the unborn fetus. A patient incarcerated in the hospital, at their whim for any procedures. Probably one of the most disturbing bits of news I have read in years.

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Stop Taking Calcium for Osteoporosis

Calcium no longer recommended to prevent osteoporosis in the under 65 age group, and doubtful it will help those who are over 65. The imaging business – stop ordering all those CAT and MRI scans, says the radiology groups.

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Second Hand Smoke- Another Bad Study

Studies about second hand smoke that come from one of the worst polluted cities in all of Asia and do not account for pollution as a factor are worthless.

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PETA vs. Gordon Ramsay

PETA is going up against Gordon Ramsay claiming fish suffer – PETA is wrong- they not only don’t know the neuro anatomy of fish. What fish feel, and how they feel about it.

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Calcium Supplements and Heart Disease

The recent article showing people who take Calcium supplements have a higher risk of heart disease than those who don’t, falls in line with other studies showing that taking vitamins, anti-oxidants, and now calcium are worse than not taking the supplements.

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Weekend Reading

This weekend reading will be about food – one a biography of Craig Claiborne, the NY Times cookbook author and reviewer – and the other Michael Ruhlman’s, Twenty – which I will be not only reading, but cooking my way through.

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