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 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. What Is a Super Ager? Science-Backed Secrets to Aging Exceptionally
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…
Read MoreEffects of Auricular Stimulation on Inflammatory Parameters: Results of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
This paper looks at biomarkers for inflammation and note a decrease across a number of trials of auricular stimulation, both TAVNS and acupuncture. This is fascinating and important. We’ve looked at TAVNs and HRV (which correlates with inflammation) here and here. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39998453/ Hua K, Cummings M, Bernatik M, Brinkhaus B, Usichenko T, Willich SN, Scheibenbogen…
Read MoreNon-Invasive Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Decreases Heart Rate Variability Independent of Caloric Load
In this study, the authors looked at the effect of TAVNS comparing right and left sides. They found no difference between the two sides in the cardiac effects. HOWEVER! They found that TAVNS DECREASED HRV leading to arousal. This is in contradistinction to most studies which show an increase in HRV. The researchers used the…
Read MoreInflammation-Induced Nitric Oxide Synthase May Mediate the Acute Hypotensive Effect of ST36 Stimulation
It’s difficult for me to put this together with other findings on the stimulation of St 36. In the Nature paper, they found that different frequencies of stimulation produced either vagal increase, or sympathetic increase. So this manual stimulation in animals led to a sympathetic increase and an increase in nitric oxide which lead to…
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