by Simon Yu, MD | Jan 19, 2021 | Brain/Cognitive, Chronic Disease
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) recently published a case study on a 62-year-old man with memory loss, personality changes and odd behavior in the December 31, 2020 issue. I found the case study interesting and it revealed the current state of standard medical...
by Simon Yu, MD | Dec 21, 2020 | Case Stories, Chronic Disease, Parasites/Fungi
Is it possible to reverse engineer unsuspected mental illness? Several years ago, I saw a 59-year-old nurse from North Carolina with chief complaint of parasites coming out of her oral cavity through her teeth and gums. Nobody believed that she had parasites. Her...
by Simon Yu, MD | Sep 22, 2020 | Acupuncture Meridian Assessment, Dental, Professional Training
The Jedi, a fictional class of warrior-monks, captured the imagination of the world through Star Wars movies in the late 1970’s, and became a mythical legend. A Jedi has to sacrifice his emotions so he remains impartial, sacrificing himself and fighting not for glory,...
by Simon Yu, MD | Aug 17, 2020 | Acupuncture Meridian Assessment, Cancer, Case Stories, Medical Acupuncture
Fatigue, the reflection of adrenal and thyroid dysfunction, is one of the common complaints for doctors’ visits, and most blood tests do not reflect their symptoms. Any infections or environmental toxins will eventually stress your endocrine system and it will disturb...
by Simon Yu, MD | Aug 3, 2020 | Acupuncture Meridian Assessment, Cancer, Case Stories, History of Medicine, Medical Acupuncture
Medical dogma held that stress and lifestyle factors were the major causes of peptic ulcer disease. Australian Dr. Barry Marshall and pathologist Robin Warren rebutted this theory through self-experimentation – Marshall drank an H. pylori cocktail to cause the...
