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Taking a closer look: autonomic dysregulation in socially anxious children.

In this study, again, we see blunted autonomic response to stress invoking activity in youngsters with social anxiety compared to healthy controls.  Their tonic sympathetic...

Characterization of Rheumatoid Arthritis Subtypes Using Symptom Profiles, Clinical Chemistry and Metabolomics Measurements

  Kuan Yin Goddess of Compassion This article is from 2012, but I had never seen it.  It seeks to quantify different chemical profiles of...

Does Acupuncture Reduce Stress Over Time?

This is the Does Acupuncture Reduce Stress Proof from over a year ago.  I thought I had it referenced here, but cannot find.  So posting...

Chiropractic and HRV

Nice rundown of the basics of HRV and some of the implications in the chiropractic clinic.  

Vagal Nerve Stim Decreases Infarct Size

  Kuan LinGoddess of Compassion“She who hears the cries of the world” I have been using electrical nerve stim on the ear in the clinic...

Patient Assessment Surveys: SF36v1

Here is another free http://www.sf-36.org/tools/pdf/SF-36v1_Standard_Sample.pdfpatient assessment survey.  Again, not sure how well it pertains to my patients, but glad to have it.

Placebo and Autonomic Balance: No Effect

  Kuan YinGoddess of Compassion“She who hears the cries of the world” This is a repost, but wanted to have it firmly in the conversation...

Poster for Society for Acupuncture Research 2015: Capturing the Healing Shift

Sparrow_Poster SAR 2015

Using Ear Stim for Cervical Dystonia: HRV

  Ancient Medicine Made Modern This is a fascinating article by the developer of the PSTIM device, an auricular vagal stim device.  They used auricular...

Vagal Nerve Stimulation in Pediatric Epilepsy Patients

This is a very interesting article in that, intermittent vagus nerve stimulation lead to decreased parasympathetic tone.  Apparently children with epilepsy can have too much...