by Simon Yu, MD | Nov 16, 2018 | Cancer, History of Medicine, Parasites/Fungi, Therapies
Parasites are masters of deception, masters at creating fields of distorted reality. I had never heard of the term, “reality distortion field,” until I was in Baden-Baden, Germany for Medicine Week earlier this month. I gave a lecture at the Complementary Oncology...
by Simon Yu, MD | Oct 19, 2017 | Cancer, Chronic Disease, Parasites/Fungi
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared the first Fungal Disease Awareness Week in August 2017, urging healthcare providers and their patients to, “Think Fungus” when symptoms of infection do not get better with treatment. This Call to...
by Simon Yu, MD | May 15, 2017 | Acupuncture Meridian Assessment, Case Stories, Chronic Disease, Dental
A request to sign the death certificate for my sixty-five year old patient, whom I had not seen in over two years, arrived on my desk. He lived out of town and apparently, he died in his sleep from the probable cause of a cardiovascular event. The mortuary in his town...
by Simon Yu, MD | Nov 15, 2015 | Military Learning
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...
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...