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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.

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Losing the Last 30lbs Have you been on a Diet roller coaster? Atkins, Weight-Watchers, Jenny Craig, South Beach, Zone, Sonoma…they all tell you to do different things. But, some things they tell you are the same? Some things they tell you are REALLY bad for your health; you can hurt yourself. Health is the most…

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How The LAP-BAND Works

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Specialty Surgical Hospital

We have invited other weight loss surgeons to the facility, and we are going to become the major weight loss center in Arizona, already doing more LAP-BAND surgeries than any other facility in the Arizona.

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The LAP-BAND and Diabetes

In this study there were two groups of individuals: one group had “conventional diabetes therapy with a focus on weight loss by lifestyle change.” This group did not do as well as the patients who underwent laparoscopic adjustable laparoscopic banding (LAP-BAND).

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The LAP-BAND and Sexual Function

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It Doesn’t Restrict Your Appetite

Some people think that the LAP-BAND works by “restricting” the amount you can eat. They ask, “How big is that little pouch above the stomach?” That is not how the LAP-BAND works. The pouch is small, but that is just a transition zone – food stays in that upper pouch only a couple of minutes, then passes through to the rest of the stomach.

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The Acai Berry

Acai berry is the latest craze to cure everything with magic anti-oxidant powers. So much so that Americans spent over $108 million last year for this product.

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Vaccinations- Why They Are Important to Me

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The Myth of Second Hand Smoke

The scientific evidence is disputable: secondhand smoke is not a mere annoyance. It is a serious health hazard that can lead to disease and premature death in children and nonsmoking adults.

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