by Simon Yu, MD | Mar 13, 2017 | Military Learning, Parasites/Fungi
In February 2017, I saw a 69 year old Vietnam veteran from Asheville, North Carolina with a high suspicion for parasite infection. He was told by his doctor that he has Blastocystis hominis and other undefined and unidentifiable parasites based on stool testing. The...
by Simon Yu, MD | Sep 14, 2016 | Acupuncture Meridian Assessment, Cancer, Parasites/Fungi
Studying fungus (Mycology) was not the most exciting subject during my medical school studies. However, problems associated with fungus, molds, and their byproducts, mycotoxins, have been exploding as a hot topic for the last twenty years. I’ve written many articles...
by Simon Yu, MD | Jul 7, 2016 | Acupuncture Meridian Assessment, Case Stories, Medical Acupuncture
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...
by Simon Yu, MD | Apr 15, 2016 | Cancer, Chronic Disease, History of Medicine, Therapies
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...
by Simon Yu, MD | Mar 16, 2015 | Cancer, History of Medicine, Parasites/Fungi
Dr. Tim Guilford, MD from California recently emailed me a Research Paper Review Article from Oncotarget titled, “Antibiotics that target mitochondria effectively eradicate cancer stem cells, across multiple tumor types: Treating cancer like an infectious disease.”...
