TAVNS in Mice with Ear Pod improves memory challenges
This is a bachelor’s degree project of a young scientist in Barcelona. They study the value of TAVNS, transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation on memory retention in mice. I have been using TAVNS on certain patients in addition to acupuncture and monitoring their Heart Rate Variability. Some of my patients have electrodes that I made…
Read MoreBee venom acupuncture therapy ameliorates neuroinflammatory alterations in a pilocarpine-induced epilepticus model.
I’m drawn to these studies using Bee venom. Somehow it makes sense to me that by using bee venom you enhance the effect of acupuncture by giving a toxin that we evolved with over the millenia. There is anecdotal success using bee stings for autoimmune conditions, which, again, makes some sense to me, in that…
Read MoreNeedleless Transcutaneous Acupuncture Gives Good Results for Constipation in Animal Studies
A related article came up on my feed and I found this older article while researching. Both Electroacupuncture and transcutaneous stimulation without needles improved transit times and parasympathetic activity. I’m surprised at this, but, I suppose I shouldn’t be. I’m surprised because I do think that acupuncture needle acupuncture is a more effective treatment than…
Read MoreDeep Resilience: Immunology
This is an extremely rough draft Outline for Immunology chapter 6.26.2021 of this very special chapter. I’m submitting it here so that I can move onto the next chapter on Inflammation. It needs more tightening, but I think with a bit of distance I will have an easier time with it. It has been an…
Read MoreNegative affect moderates the effect of respiratory gated vagal nerve stimulation on pain severity in patients with chronic low back pain
The Journal of Pain Volume 22, Issue 5, May 2021, Page 587 Negative affect moderates the effect of respiratory gated vagal nerve stimulation on pain severity in patients with chronic low back pain Author links open overlay panelSamanthaMeintsRobertEdwardsMichaelDatkoRonaldGarciaGaelleDesbordesZevSchuman-OlivierMariseCorneliusVitalyNapadow Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is the leading cause of disability in the United States. There…
Read MoreAcupuncture attenuates Common Cold
Submitted for consideration. A manual acupuncture treatment attenuates common cold and its symptoms: a case series report from South Korea Je-Sin Heo,a Su-Young Yang,a Sung-Ah Lim,b Jong-Moo Lee,a Ji-Young Kang,c Seung-Ho Sun,d Hyeong-Geug Kim,c Weechang Kang,e and Jung-Hyo Choc,* Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer Go to: Abstract OBJECTIVE To investigate beneficial effects of manual acupuncture on common cold periods and its symptoms depended…
Read MoreAlzheimer Drug Aduhelm
The drug Aduhelm, recently approved to treat Alzheimer’s disease is controversial for good reason. I’ve linked to several comprehensive articles below. The controversy comes down to a a few points. Is is clinically effective? It is hard to tell. At one of the phases of the trial, the data didn’t look good. Then when the…
Read MoreAspirin 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 MoreGraphene sheet “camera” captures granular electrical activity of a beating heart.
Amazingly, they may be able to look at brain activity in this highly specific way also. Without the tremendous computing power of our computers, this would be impossible. Graphene ‘camera’ captures real-time electrical activity of beating heart
Read More[Effect of electroacupuncture on learning-memory ability and expression of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in hippocampus and spleen in mice with Alzheimer’s disease
Ynag JY, Jiang J, Tian HL, Wang ZD, Ren JY, Liu H, Li ZG. [Effect of electroacupuncture on learning-memory ability and expression of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in hippocampus and spleen in mice with Alzheimer’s disease]. Zhen Ci Yan Jiu. 2021 May 25;46(5):353-61. Chinese. doi: 10.13702/j.1000-0607.200980. PMID: 34085456. Abstract in English, Chinese Objective: To explore…
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