by Simon Yu, MD | May 5, 2010 | Self-Help
Brendan, my three year old grandson, started Lutheran Sunday school this year. He is a good student. He learned that Jesus died on the Cross. When my wife asked him what else he learned, he said Jesus ate junk food. I am not so sure about the Lutheran’s teaching for...
by Simon Yu, MD | Feb 12, 2007 | Chronic Disease, Self-Help
Hypertension is one of the common medical disorders I see in my practice and in America. Hypertension is the leading cause of cardiovascular problems later in life. It is often called the “Silent Killer.” Actually, hypertension is not a medical disease but is a...
by Simon Yu, MD | Feb 12, 2007 | Brain/Cognitive, Case Stories, Heavy Metals/Toxins
By the year 2000, the Human Genome Project mapped out about 30,000 genes in Human DNA. DNA based genetic modulation therapy has become the new hope, the “magic bullet” for identifying genetic weak links and possible repair processes through genetic engineering. The...
by Simon Yu, MD | Aug 15, 2005 | Self-Help
America lives in constant fear of fat as if fats are villains. We are afraid of eating fat and we end up becoming fatter than ever. Most Americans are grossly misinformed about nutrition in general and the importance of fat and essential fatty acid intake in our diet....
by Simon Yu, MD | Jul 15, 2005 | Chronic Disease, Self-Help
We are a nation of perpetual war: War on Crime, War on Poverty, War on Cancer and War on Terrorism. At the same time, for the last 30 years, America has been intoxicated with excessive sugar products and gradually became an obese nation with epidemic incidence of...