by Simon Yu, MD | Jul 15, 2015 | Self-Help
We live in a society perpetually engineered by an artificially generated fear, stress, and negativity. Many people are unfortunately naturally attracted to the negative publicity. Sensationalism and fear mean making a fortune for those who can benefit from it. There...
by Simon Yu, MD | Jul 13, 2014 | History of Medicine, Self-Help
A placebo (Latin term for “I shall please”) treatment is considered a medically ineffectual treatment for a disease or medical condition intended to deceive the patient while professing to help the patient. According to the British Medical Journal published in...
by Simon Yu, MD | Mar 16, 2014 | Cancer, Self-Help, Therapies
Too much of what we think of as “good for you” might not be. However it might be even more harmful than you may think. Professor Randolph Howes, MD., Ph.D. spoke on the danger and myth of the virtue of antioxidant supplements at the ACAM (American College of Advanced...
by Simon Yu, MD | Aug 11, 2013 | Parasites/Fungi, Self-Help
Fasting can save your life. Or, it can be a sure way of starving to death. At least, you will be imagining starvation and agonizing in hunger pain. Just the idea of fasting will make you hungry. Is there a therapeutic role for a medically supervised fasting? I am not...
by Simon Yu, MD | Mar 7, 2013 | Self-Help
If you have chronic medical problems with many unexplainable symptoms and if you have been told you have an incurable medical condition and if you wake up in the morning feeling constantly overwhelmed with a sense of impending doom and a sense of hopelessness,...
by Simon Yu, MD | Feb 6, 2013 | History of Medicine, Self-Help
The Second International Water and Health Symposium was held at California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech) on Jan 31-Feb 1, 2013 in Pasadena, California. I want to share some of my experiences from the symposium. Many distinguished academic professors and medical...
