Your Doctor's Orders

Busting Myths in Medicine

Terry Simpson, MD, FACS, Molecular Virologist, Bariatric Surgeon, Food Science Expert and Myth Buster

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There’s a lot of medical information thrown around out there. How are you to know what information you can trust, and what’s just plain old quackery? You can’t rely on your own “google fu”. You can’t count on quality medical advice from Facebook. You need a doctor in your corner.

On each episode of Your Doctor’s Orders, Dr. Terry Simpson will cut through the clutter and noise that always seems to follow the latest medical news. He has the unique perspective of a surgeon who has spent years doing molecular virology research and as a skeptic with academic credentials. Dr. Simpson has been is medical expert for Rolling Stone Magazine, Huffington Post, National Daytime TV shows, KTAR Radio and PBS news.

Recent Episodes

COVID19 : Flattening the Curve

Why did we close schools, stop sporting events? It won't stop the virus, we just want to slow it down.

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COVID19 Part one

A small deviation from the usual Podcast to begin a small series about Covid19, the current virus that is causing panic. First, the bad news and then we will have some good news at the next podcast. The virus is not the same as influenza, it is a different...

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Talking Turkey

Talking Turkey In today’s podcast we will bust a few turkey myths and give you the rundown on how to prepare your turkey to make it safe for you and yours. MYTH ONE: Rinsing the turkey will get rid of germs. No it won’t. Those little buggers hang on...

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Chocolate Myths

We all want to think that there is magic in chocolate, especially dark chocolate. And yes, it is true that the Kuna Indians do have a longer lifespan and less issues than their neighbors, but when this tribe was examined closely the researchers simply could not tell if it...

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Keto Cons

A number of years ago I published a book "Losing the last 30 lbs: fundamentals of weight loss." This is an excerpt from that book about "diets" and why it is that they fail. Hope you enjoy the humor...

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