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Medical Acupuncture on Gallbladder Meridian: Therapeutic Illusion on IBS and Autism
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) symptoms include abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, constipation, and changes in the pattern of bowel movement. Your doctor may diagnose IBS based on limited tests and review of your clinical symptoms. The stool test for ova and...
One Hundred Years of Misadventure in Medicine: Command and Control for Obedience to Authority
One Hundred Years of Solitude, a popular novel written by Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982, tells of the multi-generational story of the Buendia family in a town called Marcondo, metaphor for Colombia. Forty years...
Insulin Potentiation Therapy (IPT) as an Immune Support Therapy: Scientific Basis of Fudge Factors
The 10:1 ratio of bacteria living in the human body to human cells has been promoted like the Gospel. Nobody had questioned this ratio until recently. Calculations of human microbiomes suggest a very different ratio (Science News, Feb 2016 by Tina Hesman Saey). This...
Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) Therapy: The House of Wonder by a Quack
In 2011, I wrote an article on FSM (Frequency Specific Microcurrent) therapy based on a lecture by Dr. Carolyn McMakin, chiropractor, presented at the ACAM (American College for Advancement in Medicine) medical conference. In late 2015, I was re-introduced to FSM....
Unscientific Basis of Anti-Aging Program: Power of N-of-2
Millions of people are taking medications that will not help them. However, based on clinical trials and scientific statistical analysis, funded by pharmaceutical companies, physicians keep pushing specific drugs. They explain to their patients that the latest medical...
Medical Acupuncture on Large Intestine Meridian: Ancient Romans and U.S. Army Targets Demons
Imagine divinity, humanity, and demons in a context of homeopathy, herbs, and drugs. What if I say parasites are like demons? Parasites are deceptive, evil, wiggly, shadowy characters. They literally suck and drain your energy, hijack your mind, and take over your...
82nd Airborne and Pottenger’s Cats: They Don’t Make Germans Like They Used To
August 1999. In the middle of a hot muggy summer at Fort Polk, Louisiana, I was doing my US Army Reserve annual training. My home station is the 21st General Hospital in St. Louis. I was assigned to the 325th Field Hospital in Kansas City. My mission was to support...
Professional Patient Named Bob: Operation Open Sesame
Who is Bob? Bob is a retired Wall Street lawyer from New York. He has been on a mission searching for the answer to his mysterious chronic fatigue. He quit his job. He thought he was “burned out” while making good money under so much pressure from Wall Street. Poor...
ICD-10 Will Do More Bad Than Good: Drop Dead ICD-10!
Recently, I received an e-mail newsletter from Clinical Pain Advisor on a controversial topic, the new ICD-10. It is an essay written by Steven Croft, MD, “Why ICD-10 will do more bad than good.” At the same time, I also got advice from my legal counsel that I should...
Who is Afraid of Alternative Medicine? Disappearance of Alternative Medical Doctors
A culture of fear and paranoia is probably the best way to describe the current state of alternative medical professionals. Several patients informed me by phone or e-mail that several alternative medical doctors in Florida and Georgia who were outspoken against...
Dr. Simon Yu, MD is a Board Certified Internist. He practices Internal Medicine with an emphasis on Integrative Medicine to use the best each has to offer. For more articles and information about integrative medicine, patient success stories, and Dr. Yu’s new book, AcciDental Blow Up in Medicine: Battle Plan for Your Life, visit his website at www.preventionandhealing.com or call Prevention and Healing, Inc., 314-432-7802. You can also attend a free monthly presentation and discussion on Integrative Medicine at his office on the second Tuesday each month at 6:30 pm. Call to verify the date. Seating is limited, arrive early.