Aspirin Reduces by Nearly Half the Need For Mechanical Ventilation for COVID-19 Patients
This makes total sense since blood clotting is a huge problem in severe Covid 19 patients. There is a risk of internal bleeding, but the risk/benefit ratio is quite low. Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and taking aspirin were nearly half as likely to require mechanical ventilation as those with COVID-19 not taking the drug,…
Read MoreDeep Resilience: Do No Harm
Belatedly posting to the blog my chapter in Deep Resilience called “Do No Harm”. Read and learn! First Do No Harm 8.29.2020 for sharing
Read MoreSubmission to INS International Neuromodulation Society Conference, Paris
ABstract INS 2020 I will post this here. With all the uncertainty about Covid 19, the conference may be canceled anyway. For references, please click on link above Improving autonomic balance by decreasing sympathetic activity and increasing parasympathetic activity is of intense interest in the research community. Improved autonomic balance reduces inflammation implicated in medical…
Read MoreUse of TAVNS in conjunction with Acupuncture for Anxiety: Ma.Co edition
I’ve been working on trying to get a single HRV measure of efficacy for transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation. Readers know that I look at many parameters since the “best use” procedures are far from established. Some advocate time measures such as RMSSD, others LF/HF a frequency measure that I’ve found to be a great…
Read MoreClinic Data and the Ongoing Research into Using HRV as a Biomarker of Successful Treatment
As careful readers of the blog know, I’ve been looking at HRV in conjunction with Acupuncture for a very long time. I’ve added TAVNS to the mix because it’s a treatment that can be used at home to help reinforce acupuncture treatment or even to be used on its own. Fortunately for me, there are…
Read MoreClinic Data in a Recent Migraine Patient: An.St edition 2
This data is looking very good for this patient. She was having weekly headaches. She went a few weeks without any and had trouble scheduling an appointment. So she had one over the last weekend, or 2 days ago and yesterday. Today there is still some lingering headache. But her data looks so good, I…
Read MoreTAVNS Clinical Data Not a Panacea: Li.Ma and St.Gi edition
In the spirit of “there’s no bad data only bad hypotheses” I share this data. This is from a long time patient (>3 years) who comes monthly for cosmetic acupuncture. I’ve tried TAVNS on her a few times and the results show in increase in her sympathetic/parasympathetic balance to a dramatic degree. Not once, not…
Read MoreClinical Case, Migraine, HRV and hypersensitivity: An.St edition
Sigh. The vagaries of HRV, the challenge and the opportunity… This is the story of a young woman (30 ish) with severe migraines, at least once per week. Initial treatment might have caused a migraine so I dialed back the number of needles drastically to a key four. (3K, 7H, 4Sp, 6PC). She still had…
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…
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