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 MoreAcupuncture and Migraine: Combined with Beanembedding on Migraine and HRV
Nice study looking at acupuncture alone compared to acupuncture plus beanembedding. The beanembedding helped. Though there is supposed to be a free article, I can’t find it. Beanembedding is using of seeds instead of press needles in the ears. Of course, we’ve discussed migraine with acupuncture repeatedly on the blog! Lu Y, Sun Z, Huang…
Read MoreEye Masks and Why We Sleep from MantaSleep
This is from Manta Sleep. I bought a mask from them a month ago and my deep sleep has dramatically increased. For years, we’ve believed that better sleep and naps are the single best way to improve your performance and overall wellbeing. (More effective than any diet or exercise routine.) Turns out, the science backs…
Read MoreMind Magic by James Doty: Science of Manifestation
One of my classmates from Medical School published a popular book called Mind Magic by James Doty. It tells the tale of his overcoming an impoverished background in rural California, and becoming a wealthy neurosurgeon, only to have it all come crumbling down. Now, a professor at Stanford, he is head of the Dalai Lama…
Read MoreHallmarks of Aging: An Expanding Universe
This article has lots of detail about markers of aging. I’m not up to date on many of them, but some I’ve discussed before. I’ve covered telomeres, autophagy. And my book, Radical Resilience had an entire chapter on Longevity Science and Anti-Aging. Hallmarks of aging: An expanding universe López-Otín, Carlos et al. Cell, Volume 186,…
Read MoreMood and ALAN, Artificial Light at Night
Get your sleep! Artificial Light At Night may be harming you! I monitor my sleep with an oura ring and I think it’s really paid off. After reading about the hazards of light pollution, I started using an eye mask from manta.com. My youtube on artificial light at night here. Menculini G, Cirimbilli F, Raspa…
Read MoreArtificial Light at Night Increases Fat in Mice
Study showing that light at night can make fat cell growth worse. It disrupts melatonin and circadian rhythms, which has nasty effect on the body. Guan Q, Li Y, Wang Z, Cao J, Dong Y, Ren F, Chen Y. Monochromatic Light Pollution Exacerbates High-Fat Diet-Induced Adipocytic Hypertrophy in Mice. Cells. 2022 Nov 28;11(23):3808. doi: 10.3390/cells11233808….
Read MoreThe Avoidable Light That Might Shortening Your Life
This one was clearly off my radar. Here is my YouTube Video on the topic. But this hidden risk is somewhat easy to remedy, either by black out curtains and placing chargers in other rooms, or getting a well fitting and comfortable eye mask. I watched a short clip of an young actress, I wish…
Read MoreDangers of Spinal Implants. False Hope and a Cautionary Tale
The cautionary tale of spinal implants for pain. As readers of my book, Radical Resilience know, I used the sad story of a pro Baseball player, Bodie, who had catastrophic results with a spinal stimulator for back pain which almost cost him his life. Again, we don’t want to throw out traditional medical solutions, but…
Read MoreDoes Melatonin Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease?
You can watch my brief YouTube video on the topic here! The latest research from Rhonda Patrick on Melatonin and suggests that melatonin may prevent Alzheimer’s or at least add protection against it. And other ways it can help you. Different from Huberman! Melatonin isn’t just the “sleep hormone”—it regulates over 500 genes and plays…
Read MoreRecent Advances In Acupuncture For Pain Relief.
We have discussed Acupuncture and pain over the years. But this article written by heavy hitters (Qiu Fu Ma, and Vitaly Napadow) in the Acupuncture world, is most welcome! I will be posting more on the contents of this article and surely posting a video also. I heartily agree with this conclusion “Although the quality…
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