by Simon Yu, MD | May 30, 2016 | Dental, Military Learning
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...
by Simon Yu, MD | Jan 18, 2016 | Acupuncture Meridian Assessment, Chronic Disease, Medical Acupuncture
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...
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 | Jun 24, 2015 | Acupuncture Meridian Assessment, History of Medicine, Military Learning
Unknown to most medical communities in St. Louis, the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture (AAMA) held their annual conference in St. Louis in April 2015. Several hundred medical doctors from around the world with all different medical specialties attended the...
by Simon Yu, MD | Nov 17, 2014 | Military Learning, Parasites/Fungi, Therapies
Is it possible that parasites are still a problem as a global environmental problem in this modern age? Recently, I gave two similar lectures on parasites at the American Academy of Environmental Medicine in New Mexico and at the Medicine Week in Baden Baden, Germany...