Tag: health
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Chicago just lost a Korean-American giant
On July 22, 2025, Mr. Kun Chae Bae passed away. If there was ever a giant in Chicago’s Korean community, my father was it. Though largely forgotten by the Korean community today, in his time, he was the real deal. Before his life ended, he started companies in the pharmaceutical, hospitality, and restaurant industries, owned…
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The U.S. Surgeon General just put a health warning on being a parent
We must be getting terribly close to ‘peak stupid.’ I wouldn’t have believed the Wall Street Journal story if I hadn’t found the actual press release from our nation’s Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy. Here’s the opening paragraph: Today, United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released a Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Mental Health and…
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Science proves why I’m odorless
It’s SCIENCE!! I think my two ethnicities cancel each other out and that’s why I have no body odor of any kind. I’ve known too many Koreans who stink to high heaven. The secret behind the lesser body odour among South Koreans and Japanese lies in a gene called ABCC11. It is responsible for determining…
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If you want potent sperm… eat your nuts
This is welcome news for those that are truly flexible. A research review has found that eating at least two handfuls of nuts a day may improve sperm quality – and, therefore, fertility – in young, healthy males. This simple strategy had positive effects without requiring any other changes to diet. Infertility can have a…
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Anxiety industry giving me anxiety
Value4Value The Wall Street Journal had an article discussing the booming business of anxiety treatment and how anxiety diagnoses are rising. Americans are anxious—and a flurry of old-line companies, upstarts and opportunistic entrepreneurs aim to fill the demand for relief. Anxiety has come into focus across the country in part due to the stress of the…
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There’s a pandemic of fungus!
There’s a fungus among us! Can we please stop listening to the WHO now? The WHO said Tuesday that the 19 species on the list merit urgent attention from public-health officials and drug developers. Four species were designated as threats of the highest priority: Aspergillus fumigatus, a mold found abundantly in nature; Candida albicans, which…