Control Your Stress With Acupuncture to Rest, Restore and Live Long: Video
topic of stress and why controlling it is crucial for your well-being and how to do that. Click on my photo for a brief videoGreetings! And welcome to my channel and blog! Where ancient medicine is made modern. Today we’ll dive into the topic of stress and why controlling it is crucial for your well-being…
Read More5 Ways Acupuncture Can Help You Live a Longer, Stronger and Happier Life
Please click here or on my photo for a brief video on how Acupuncture can improve your health, life span and mood! Welcome to my website and blog where ancient medicine is made modern. In this brief blog post I will outline 5 ways that acupuncture can help you live a stronger, longer and happier…
Read MoreCalm Your Anxiety and Live Your Best Life with Acupuncture
Acupuncture works with your body so that you feel better and live longer naturally. When I first opened my practice in 1998, one of my first patients was a young mother with anxiety and panic attacks when driving, especially when crossing bridges. Her heart would beat rapidly, she’d get sick to her stomach, and have to…
Read MoreEar Tacks How and Why YouTube Video
In this video I demonstrate how to apply a small acupuncture ear tack to help relieve anxiety and pain (and at the link for weight. This tiny needle is often requested by patients in my clinic because of its powerful and long lasting relief it offers my clients. What’s great is that you can…
Read MoreA 10 second test for aging that you don’t know about
From National Geographic a longevity tip I was unaware of! Why Balancing on One Leg Could Predict How Long You’ll Live Imagine a test so simple a child could do it—but so revealing it could quietly predict your future. It’s not a blood test. It’s not a brain scan. It’s this: stand on one leg…
Read MoreInterview! Podcast with Health Influencer. Book Points and More YouTube Video
In this video and podcast I sit down with Teal Nicholson, a trauma informed yoga instructor and stretch therapist and we discuss what radical resilience is, why it’s important for our health, and how we can become bulletproof in this modern, stressful world.
Read MoreCT Scans Harms. 5% of all cancers
Popular CT Scans Could Account for 5% of All Cancer Cases A Year Radiation from imaging could lead to lung, breast and other future cancers, with a 10-fold increased risk for babies. “The danger is greatest for infants, followed by children and adolescents. But adults also are at risk, since they are the most likely…
Read More7 tips to live longer
From the NY Times, 7 Tips to Live longer. Not surprisingly, these are time honored strategies across time and cultures.! I covered Longevity in my book, Radical Resilience My ebook on Longevity here. Summary: How to Live Longer We’ve been looking for the wrong kind of miracle. For centuries, humans have hunted for the elixir…
Read MoreSuper Ager. Science Backed Secrets
Super Agers are those who are able to stay sharp and strong into their 80’s and 90’s and beyond. We’ve discussed longevity on the blog frequently, my ebook is here. The Super Ager Paradox: How Ordinary Habits Lead to Extraordinary Aging (scroll down for the full article) We assume aging gracefully is genetic luck, and…
Read MoreTAVNS Effect On Exercise in Health Volunteers
Nice, but small study showing that TAVNS at 100 Hz(?) improved exercise stress tests. No effect on Blood Pressure however, a bit surprising. HRV exercise 4.16.2025 advpub_CR-24-0136 Effects of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Hemodynamics and Autonomic Function During Exercise Stress Tests in Healthy Volunteers Yosuke Yoshida, PT; Satoshi Okayama, MD, PhD; Daisuke Fujihara,…
Read MoreWhy Dementia Rates are Rising and What To Do
Why Dementia Rates Are Rising — And What We Can Actually Do About It This article on Dementia is from the National Geographic Magazine . We’ve discussed dementia on the blog here, here and here. I have an ebook on Longevity, with more information based on the Longevity chapter in my book, Radical Resilience….
Read MoreAnti-inflammatory effects and mechanisms of vagal nerve stimulation combined with electroacupuncture in a rodent model of TNBS-induced colitis
This is an older paper, but it was well done. They even did a youtube video explaining the study. They found that the combination of vagal nerve stimulation and electroacupuncture was better at reducing inflammation than either therapy alone. We’ve discussed inflammatory colitis here and here. and here Anti-inflammatory effects and mechanisms of vagal nerve…
Read MoreEffects of Auricular Stimulation on Inflammatory Parameters: Discussion of Findings
This is a more thorough discussion of this blog post. Hua, K., Cummings, M., Bernatik, M., Brinkhaus, B., Usichenko, T., Willich, S. N., Scheibenbogen, C., & Dietzel, J. (2025). Effects of Auricular Stimulation on Inflammatory Parameters: Results of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurom.2024.12.007 Abstract…
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