HRV Lower in PTSD Marines
No real surprise with this study’s results but nice to have large studies that confirm my own findings. They measured High Frequency (HF) HRV as their parameter....
Anti-Depressant Effect of Acupuncture: Suggested Mechanism ERK-CREB pathway
No wonder I continue to use PC 6 for anxiety/depression. It works! Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:469765. Acupuncture Activates ERK-CREB Pathway in Rats Exposed...
Stress, Bowel Disease, and Anxiety
I went to this talk a week ago. Aditi Bhargava has developed a model of ongoing stress in mice with focus not only on gut...
Google Goes All In on Anti-Death
They looking to be counting on genetics and lots of cash to beat the grim reaper. Yeesh.
Telome Company Name Change
We’ve discussed telomeres as a measure of aging previously on the blog. Just for housekeeping sake wanted to post this so that there was no...
HRV and Brain Immune Response
Patients receiving ongoing acupuncture treatment repeatedly report a sense of higher “resilience.” What that means, is a sense of being better able to handle stresses...
Tyrone Hayes: Picked up by Charlie Pierce
One of the bloggers I go to at least daily, has a blog post up about Tyrone Hayes also, referring to the New Yorker article....
Brain Areas Controlling HRV: Tinnitus
Ancient Medicine Made Modern This is background for my hypothesis that acupuncture stress reduction is a key component of symptom relief for tinnitus and...