Helminth Immunomodulation in Autoimmune Disease.
This study relates to my interest in ways to modulate an overactive immune system. One radical way is to inoculate the patient with hookworm. Because hookworm has learned how to evade the immune system and coexist with humans, the thought is that it can put the brakes on immune overreaction. It doesn’t work reliably, unfortunately,…
Read MoreSauna bathing is associated with reduced cardiovascular mortality and improves risk prediction in men and women
Laukkanen T, Kunutsor SK, Khan H, Willeit P, Zaccardi F, Laukkanen JA. Sauna bathing is associated with reduced cardiovascular mortality and improves risk prediction in men and women: a prospective cohort study. BMC Med. 2018;16(1):219. Published 2018 Nov 29. doi:10.1186/s12916-018-1198-0 Background Previous evidence indicates that sauna bathing is related to a reduced risk of fatal cardiovascular…
Read MoreExercise and Immune Function
This study looks at the positive effects of exercise on immune function in younger and especially in older individuals. We’ve discussed exercise here and here Campbell JP, Turner JE. Debunking the Myth of Exercise-Induced Immune Suppression: Redefining the Impact of Exercise on Immunological Health Across the Lifespan. Front Immunol. 2018;9:648. Published 2018 Apr 16. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2018.00648 Campbell…
Read MoreNeuroendocrineimmune system, Electroacupuncture and Gene Expression
This is an article included in my writing project and it doesn’t seem to be anywhere in my blog. So here it is! https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862942/ Cooper EL. eCAM: Neuroendocrineimmune, Electroacupuncture and Gene Expression. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2010;7(2):149-150. doi:10.1093/ecam/neq035 According to Burnet (5): The first objective in a serious approach to immunology should be to obtain…
Read MoreThe Vagus Nerve Can Predict and Possibly Modulate Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases: Introducing a Neuroimmunological Paradigm to Public Health
I’m referencing this article in my writing project but apparently never covered it in the blog. It supports the use of HRV as a measure of frontal brain activity, a part of the brain that can regulate unhealthy behaviors. ” Vagal nerve activity is related to frontal brain activity which regulates unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. Epidemiologically,…
Read MoreKevin Tracey: The Inflammatory Reflex and the Role of Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies
A somewhat older article, but articulates very nicely the role of acupuncture as a potential to activate the vagus nerve. This is what I’ve been looking at for many, many years with HRV. Oke SL, Tracey KJ. The inflammatory reflex and the role of complementary and alternative medical therapies. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009;1172:172-180. doi:10.1196/annals.1393.013…
Read MoreTAVNS improved brain connectivity on patients of disorders of consciousness
This study is related to this one, except that in this one the are monitoring brain activity. Yifei W, Yi Y, Yu W, Jinling Z, Weihang Z, Shaoyuan LI, Mozheng WU, Jianghong HE, Peijing R. Transcutaneous auricular vague nerve stimulation improved brain connection activity on patients of disorders of consciousness: a pilot study. J Tradit…
Read MorePoster Presentation INS Barcelona: HRV as biomarker for successful TAVNS treatment during acupuncture
I realize the poster is hard to read. Feel free to go to the link for a better view. Basically, I was trying to see if TAVNS, transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation, would alter the HRV of patients while receiving acupuncture. My hypothesis was that it would further improve patients HRV if given during an acupuncture…
Read MoreTAVNS for Disorders of Conciousness (Vegetative State)
Having just attended a Neuromodulation Conference where my interest was in TAVNS, (Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation), this study in patients in a vegetative state receiving daily TAVNS is pertinent. In this study the patients HRV improved over time. Any noninvasive therapy that can help these patients would be welcome. It was not life-changing in this…
Read MorePredictors of autonomic neuropathy in rheumatoid arthritis.
Auton Neurosci. 2016 Dec;201:54-59. doi: 10.1016/j.autneu.2016.07.008. Epub 2016 Jul 29. Predictors of autonomic neuropathy in rheumatoid arthritis. Syngle V1, Syngle A2, Garg N3, Krishan P3, Verma I3. Author informationαα 1 Cardio Rheuma and Healing Touch City Clinic, Chandigarh, India. 2 Cardio Rheuma and Healing Touch City Clinic, Chandigarh, India; Fortis Multispecialty Hospital, Mohali, Punjab, India….
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