Dopamine mediates vagal modulation of the immune system by electroacupuncture
Background created by fractal geometryHeart Rate Variability is a fractal, complexity measure. Complexity=healthy Dopamine modulates vagal activity of the immune system by electroacupuncture. We’ve discussed...
Recent advances in acupuncture for pain relief
Niruthisard S, Ma Q, Napadow V. Recent advances in acupuncture for pain relief. Pain Rep. 2024 Sep 13;9(5):e1188. doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000001188. PMID: 39285954; PMCID: PMC11404884. ...
Effect of Electroacupuncture on HRV, heart rate variability in post-on-call trainees
This article is interesting to me for a few reasons. 1 It’s my previous profession, Anesthesiology! 2. I’ve been increasingly interested in sleep and sleep...
Acupuncture and Migraine: Combined with Beanembedding on Migraine and HRV
Migraines can wreck your life Nice study looking at acupuncture alone compared to acupuncture plus beanembedding. The beanembedding helped. Though there is supposed to be...
Hallmarks of Aging: An Expanding Universe
This article has lots of detail about markers of aging. I’m not up to date on many of them, but some I’ve discussed before. I’ve...
Artificial Light at Night Increases Fat in Mice
Study showing that light at night can make fat cell growth worse. It disrupts melatonin and circadian rhythms, which has nasty effect on the body....
Recent Advances In Acupuncture For Pain Relief.
We have discussed Acupuncture and pain over the years. But this article written by heavy hitters (Qiu Fu Ma, and Vitaly Napadow) in the Acupuncture...
Acupuncture For Migraine: Mechanisms and Science
I have a large number of migraine patients in my practice. Acupuncture can be so helpful. (even on celebrities It works incredibly well, but like...
Electroacupuncture for High Blood Pressure
This article looks at an array of devices being studied to lower blood pressure. They cite an electroacupuncture device that can be used at home...
Sympathoinhibitory Acupuncture for Hypertension interacts positively with anti-inflammatory EA alleviating blood pressure in hypertension
We’ve discussed mechanisms of highblood pressure treatment here, but this article introduces the role of anti-inflammation as a mechanism also. Fu LW, Gong YD,...