Kristen Sparrow, MD

Acupuncture in the News: Good for Allergies, IBS and more

Acupuncture has been used as a way to relieve pain for 3,000 to 5,000 years, but that’s not it’s only purpose, according to a Wisconsin...

Acupoint Catgut Embedding Diminishes Fibromyalgia Pain through TRPV1 in the Mouse Brain

In this research study, the authors used a cold invoked fibromyalgia model in mice.  They determined that acupuncture catgut embedding lead to less pain as...

Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: Update of an Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis.

Acupuncture for Chronic Headache Researchers analyzed various studies to understand what the proof for acupuncture’s effectiveness for chronic pain really was. . They studied four...

The Power of the First Doctor video

Youtube video content In the bygone world where ancient Chinese practice was the mainstream of the day, fostering deep energetic balance in body and mind...

April 2023 Newsletter Acupuncture Beats Medications for Migraines

Click here for the latest. In this issue it’s all about migraines.  The science of acupuncture for Migraines and also Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation for...

From Washington Post: Acupuncture Works for Chronic Pain

I hope this link from the Washington Post will work for everyone.  I will exerpt generously.  I very much liked what this doctor said at...

Longevity: Humans Could Live Up to 150 years

The first link is for an article written for the lay public, or non-scientists.  I found the original longevity research and link to it below. ...

Stress Hormone Cortisol Linked to Early Toll on Thinking

  This article is from 2018, but I’m citing it here to have it on hand. I’ve always been keenly interested in the stress response...

3 ways Acupuncture Keeps You Calm and In Control :video

Youtube video content Please click on my photo if you’d like to see the video explanation. In this episode I explore three ways that acupuncture...

The Research Scandal at Stanford Is More Common Than You Think

“This is a major issue, one that extends well beyond one man and his career. Absent public scrutiny, journals have been consistently slow to act...