Cervical Cancer Screening: The basics
This pdf of the presentation from last week’s conference on Controversies in Women’s Health. It’s hard to say if there is an upshot per se. In general, guidelines are getting much more nuanced and recognize the real harms of false positives.
Read MoreSympathetic Nerves Affect Inflammation More than Vagus N
According to this study. I have seen that sympathetic activity does seem to decrease in some patients more than vagal activity increasing with acupuncture and/or TAVNS. J Physiol. 2014 Apr 1;592(7):1677-86. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.268573. Epub 2014 Jan 13. Reflex control of inflammation by sympathetic nerves, not the vagus. Martelli D1, Yao ST, McKinley MJ, McAllen…
Read MoreHypervigilance and Acupuncture/HRV
This data is from a new patient who has autonomic hypervigilance, which manifests as anxiety and exaggerated sympathetic activity. Her stress levels do not appear to be excessively high and, so far, have responded positively to acupuncture. We’ll keep an eye on her to see how she progresses.
Read MoreHeart Rate Variability as Biomarker of Prevention and Resilience: A Year Long Study of Migraine Patients
Heart Rate Variability as Biomarker of Prevention and Resilience: A Year Long Study of Migraine Patients in the Acupuncture Clinic This is the full manuscript with references for my submission last July to the Journal of Medical Acupuncture. They turned it down, but I’m stashing it here for the record and also because even though…
Read MoreMigraine Supplements: New Study Shows Magnesium, Vit B2 Shown to Be Helpful
Daily Supplements for Migraine Of the supplements, Magnesium (600 mg), and Riboflavin (400 mg) per day are and .5 to 1 mg Melatonin before bed are the ones that I feel ready to recommend. We’ve discussed this topic before here and a previous list here According to the following study, Vitamin D is not supported…
Read MoreStents and Bypass Surgery No Better than Medications for Narrowed Arteries in Patients Without Angina
” This is far from the first study to suggest that stents and bypass are overused. But previous results have not deterred doctors, who have called earlier research on the subject inconclusive and the design of the trials flawed. Previous studies did not adequately control for risk factors, like LDL cholesterol, that might have…
Read MoreDavid Sinclair on the Potential for Reversing Aging: Hormesis Revisited
The Biochemistry of Longevity is Discussed in this video For any readers who are interested in some of the biochemistry behind the latest science on strategies to age more slowly. Many of the strategies we’ve discussed before, as well as the concept of hormesis. Basically, the current thinking is that we are too comfortable. Never…
Read MorePitfalls of assessment of autonomic function by heart rate variability.
Use of HRV in the Acupuncture Clinic: Pitfalls and Promise This article looks at HRV and whether it really is a valid reflection of autonomic balance. It seems that they mostly are concerning themselves with long term HRV analysis, ie over hours and days. But it can be helpful to question assumptions in the hope…
Read MoreYou Should Consider Adding Saunas for Your Health. Good for the Heart and can add Years to Your Life
From Rhonda Patrick video here We’ve discussed saunas here. and here Laukkanen JA, Laukkanen T, Kunutsor SK. Cardiovascular and Other Health Benefits of Sauna Bathing: A Review of the Evidence. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018 Aug;93(8):1111-1121. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2018.04.008. PMID: 30077204. Abstract Sauna bathing, an activity that has been a tradition in Finland for thousands of years…
Read MoreImplanted Electrodes on St 36 improve gastic mobility and HRV
Acupuncture improves gastric motility and HRV in an animal model of chemically induces gastroparesis This study looked at an animal model of functional dysmotility caused in utero and then after 2 months of life implant electrodes at St 36. The electrodes not only cause improved motility, but lower norepinephrine and improved HRV also. We may…
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