Kristen Sparrow, MD

Benefits of Movement Breaks While Sitting

I had been hearing a lot of chatter about short movement breaks on the radio and similar.  This may be the article that triggered the...

CT Scans. Rethinking the Risk

Recent studies throw into question the risk/benefit ratio of CT scans.  Some are more risky than others in terms of cancer incidence.  We’ve discussed this...

Shingles Vaccine for Alzheimer Dementia Protection

  Alzheimer plaques This article on Alzheimer and Shingles vaccine  from the Economist reiterates something I’ve been hearing more and more about.  Shingles vaccine for...

Omega 3 supplementation May Be Worthless

In theory, taking an omega-3, or fish oil, supplement makes a lot of sense.  But this article from the New Yorker casts doubt on whether...

Bryan Johnson. No Silver Bullet for Longevity

I’ve blogged about this guy, Bryan Johnson here and here.  I did a YouTube here.  Longevity insights 2025   Another video with the Kardashians and Bryan...

Longevity: Sadly, Metformin Fails

This article from (disgraced) Peter Attia’s newletter rgues that enthusiasm for metformin as a longevity drug has substantially outpaced the evidence. It concludes that outside...

Are GLP-1’s Longevity Drugs

An article in the New York Times about Glp-1’s and longevity is the inevitable somehow.  Longevity and GLP-1 hype collide. This kind of premature optimism...

Electroacupuncture Ameliorates Cognitive Impairment in Vascular Dementia Rats

North Lake, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. An incredibly involved and detailed paper.  Using a simple acupuncture combination of points they were able to show...

TAVNS Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Long Covid

As much as I would love this literature review to have had positive assessment of TAVNS for Long Covid, alas, it does not.  The noted...

Teaching Acupuncture to Medical Students at Stanford

Stanford has been offering Medical Students an introduction and grounding in Acupuncture for 20 years!  I published an article on HRV and Acupuncture with Brenda...