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Submitted by Dr. BT on Thu, 2008-07-24 09:44.

Leading authorities are advocating red yeast rice as an effective way to lower cholesterol (e.g., this article on WebMD), despite the fact that the primary ingredient in these red yeast rice supplements, lovastatin, is also the active pharmaceutical ingredient in prescription drugs for high cholesterol such as Mevacor, Lipitor, Zocor, and Statins. In fact, lovastatin was originally derived from another type of red yeast called Monascus ruber (read this article).

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Submitted by Dr. BT on Thu, 2008-07-24 09:23.

There have been confusing studies about cellphone use in relation to brain tumor. A new warning from Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, is contrary to numerous studies that don't find a link between cancer and cell phone use, and a public lack of worry by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

As the cellphone signals getting stronger and stronger, from 2G to 2.5G, and to 3G, as well as the added signal of WiFi, Bluetooth, radio, etc., it's prudent for us to take the precaution - so that we won't regret too late in the future.

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Submitted by Dr. BT on Thu, 2008-07-17 11:59.

Although many doctors claim to have minimally invasive "micro" discectomy for lumber spine surgery. However, all the standard discectomies are "open surgeries", which means the surgeons will have to cut up muscles, bones, etc. Usually the incision is about 3-5cm. Despite all the claims, there's a great chance for scar tissue to form, which may make the pain worse after surgery, as seen from this example.

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Submitted by Dr. Ping on Wed, 2008-07-09 17:59.

Antibiotics can harm tendons, FDA warns. Yes, I know what you are going to say, "I used it because I have to - kill the bacteria, not because I like the side effects."

Life is full of compromise, isn't it?
On the other hand, what if we don't "have to"? In the 5000 year Chinese medicine, it was said that top medicine treats people when they are healthy, middle medicine heals people when they are about to get sick (or in sub-healthy condition), low medicine deals with people when they are sick.

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Submitted by Dr. Eric Li on Tue, 2008-06-17 08:53.

 This is one of  the most significant research about the effect of lifestyle on genes.  Although we have no double lifestyle will change gene behavior, we are still somewhat surprised about how huge and widespread a lifestyle change can influence gene expression.  So let's take control of our own destiny - lifestyle by practising YBM Life!, so that we can stay young and vibrant for a long long time!

 

Here's a quote from the article: 

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Submitted by Dr. Eric Li on Wed, 2008-05-28 09:20.

Everyday I've been introduced to, by friends, or media, or Ads, wonder diet, magic exercises, super supplements, advanced anti-aging protocols, promoted and invented by famous doctors and scientists.

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Submitted by Dr. BT on Wed, 2008-04-09 08:28.

Sometimes, I wish scientists would spend the scarce research dollars doing some real stuff. For example, this research showed taking painkillers can enhance muscle mass during weight training. So everyone should take painkiller during training? What about the side effects to liver and kidney? A common sense explanation of this may be that people would be less in pain and could do more exercise if they take painkillers, therefore increasing muscle mass more. But this is not to trade with all the side effect of the drug.

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Submitted by Dr. BT on Mon, 2008-03-24 10:43.
In YBM Exercise, the main purpose of exercises is not for burnng calories. It is for flexibility, heart and lung functions, and for resistance training. Instead, if you want to lose weight, use YBM Diet and YBM Caloric Restriction protocols.
However, most of the fashionable exercise and diet plans promote the idea of exercises for burning calories. But there're several pitfalls of this idea:
1. It promotes "eating more" and "burning more" which accelerates aging (metabolim).
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Submitted by Dr. BT on Wed, 2008-03-12 17:00.

When I read news such as "Study: Shorter Men More Likely to Be Jealous", and "Being underweight may raise diabetes risk", I cannot help thinking that these researchers seem to have no topics that could meaningfully contribute to the world. Instead they dream up with topics, spend the money, and use wrong statistical methods. It's like the blind men touching elephants, some say, it's like a large cylinder (for the leg), others say it's like a huge fan (for the ear)....

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Submitted by Dr. BT on Wed, 2007-11-21 12:00.

My door bell rang. I answered my door. It was a guy trying sell magazines to us. He is in his early 20's. "Is your parents home," asked he. "What?" I was a little stunned, not knowing what to say. "Is your parents home?" repeated that guy again. I did not say a thing. "Ok, I'll be back later," waved he at me, and left.

We cannot control the years going by. We still have to celebrate birthday one by one, regardless we want to add ages. But we are able to control, to a very large extent, how fast we age! On several occasions, people ask which college I am going, even though I know I've been out of college for decades! I feel I can continue to live young!

I own my thanks to YBM Life!

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Submitted by Master Taichi Tzu on Mon, 2007-07-02 11:45.
I keep hearing people say that they don't want to live long. They just want to be healthy. These people don't know that almost all degenerative diseases are associated with aging, biological or chronical. They don't know that longevity usually means not only longer life, but also longer healthy productive life. So longevity and live young and productive are consisitent goals.
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Submitted by Dr. Eric Li on Thu, 2007-02-15 17:54.

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Submitted by Dr. Eric Li on Wed, 2007-01-10 22:01.

Study found that calorie-restricte animals tend to die a sudden death, without a long period of terminal illness. Living young and healthy until death is such a great benefit of caloric restriction!

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