Acupuncture as Appropriate for Knee Arthritis as Synvist
Of course, I would have loved to see acupuncture come in with a resounding recommendation, but given the panel, I will take what I can get. They didn’t dismiss acupuncture and it came in tied with Synvist injections. In the category of “always recommended” there was exercise and strength training and “weight management” and corticosteroid…
Read MoreGray Matter Thinning with Chronic Back Pain: Maybe Artifact
Still more background on Pain and the Brain Clin J Pain. 2013 Oct 16. Phenotype Matters: The Absence of a Positive Association between Cortical Thinning and Chronic Low Back Pain when Controlling for Salient Clinical Variables. Dolman AJ, Loggia ML, Edwards RR, Gollub RL, Kong J, Napadow V, Wasan AD Abstract Studies have associated chronic…
Read MoreAntibiotics: The Sobering Truth
The link below is to a detailed article about the hazards and long term implications of antibiotics and the importance of your gut flora. AcupunctureToday.com-Your-Gut-Why-You-Should-Be-Very-Afraid-1389910102 http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/mpacms/at/article.php?id=32839
Read MorePower of Placebo: 50% for medications
The issue of the placebo effect is incredibly important to the acupuncture community. It should be of greater importance to the Medical Community, both for drugs and surgeries. When you take a pill, you and your doctor hope it will work — and that helps it work. That’s not a new idea. But now researchers…
Read MoreExercise, Not Surgery, for Back Pain
Perhaps surgery is not the greatest idea for back pain??? Those of us who provide alternatives would heartily agree, since we end up seeing many of the post operative patients who are still in pain. From npr. Groopman, a Harvard cancer specialist who writes about medicine for The New Yorker, wanted the problem fixed…
Read MoreMindfulness for Weight Loss in the Overweight Patient
I attended this research conference on Friday (summary of presenters and study follow). They divided a large sample size of overweight patients into two groups. One group received diet and exercise instruction and group discussion and simple stress reduction techniques. The other group received mindfulness training, and a specialized program of mindful eating. Both groups…
Read MoreGuidelines for Hypertension Medications Eased
Common sense guidelines instead of arbitrarily treating a number in the elderly. Still fairly strict, BP should be below 150/90 in people over 60 years, 140/90 in younger patients. I have quite a few patients I’m treating for High Blood Pressure and I must say, acupuncture can be really effective in keeping blood pressure low…
Read MoreTransfats: A complicated and interesting history
December 16, 2013 A Lifelong Fight Against Trans Fats By MELANIE WARNER In 1957, a fledgling nutrition scientist at the University of Illinois persuaded a hospital to give him samples of arteries from patients who had died of heart attacks. When he analyzed them, he made a startling discovery. Not surprisingly, the diseased arteries…
Read MoreAnti-Bacterial Soap Must Show Efficacy
We have discussed the hazards of these antibacterial soaps. They lead to antibiotic resistance and even allergies in some people. The report also mentioned hormonal imbalances, which I will have to look into.
Read MoreSanity on Statins: Part 4? or is it 5?
Lots of news about the latest recommendations for patients with high cholesterol vis a vis drug regimens. At first I thought it was good news, but now, reading the editorial by Rita Redberg, I realize that these recommendations could actually WIDEN the use of statins. I will leave it to Redberg and Abramson to…
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