Tag: stress and health
6th International Medical Acupuncture Congress of Barcelona
Finally finished with the talk at the Conference. It went fine, only there weren’t many people there since I was the second to last talk after a very long day. Oh well! People seemed to understand it and like it. So yay. The full powerpoint as pdf is here.Barcelona 2014 Sparrow power point Hand…
Read MoreArticle Published: Does Acupuncture Reduce Stress Over Time?
This is the linkto my article just published on hypertensive patients. It will be available for 30 days from now online. Afterwards the abstract will be available. Thanks to all of the patients who had the patience to participate…
Read MoreEffect of acupoint catgut-embedding therapy on changes of structure of hippocampal neurons in senile chronic stress rats
This study ambitiously explores catgut-embedding for the havoc wrought by stress on senility. One of Sapolsky’s key findings was that stress causes a feed forward loop on the hippocampus during senility. The altered hippocampus then causes more stress, which then leads to more senility. This is a particular nasty ramification of stress. I am…
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 MoreHealthy Living: Good for you, good for your telomeres
Study, from Dean Ornish, that healthy living, (plant based diet, stress reduction and moderate exercise) lengthens telomeres, a marker of longevity. Telomeres have been a topic here and here among other posts.
Read MoreHRV, Autonomics, and Tinnitus
Yet another study on tinnitus and the autonomic nervous system as measured with HRV. In this study, no acupuncture is performed, they are just getting HRV profiles of tinnitus sufferers versus normals. It compares patients with acute and chronic tinnitus to a control population. They measured HRV for 5 minutes in the subjects. They…
Read MoreBiological Sensitivity and Stress Reactivity
This whole approach and way of looking at stress and reactivity may, or may not have pertinence to the study I’m preparing for the International Society for Acupuncture and Meridian Studies (ISAMS) in Stockholm. This study that I linked to previously, tries to address the issue of a person’s (autonomic)nervous system reactivity and their…
Read MoreIncome Inequality and Stress: A Huge Toll
In an article outlining some of the negative effects of early childhood poverty (1 in 5 children in the U.S. live in poverty) because of what early-life stress does to the nervous system, the author, Moises Velasquez-Manoff, suggests that lower status in society has extremely deleterious effects on health that start early in life. We…
Read MoreMy Hero: Elizabeth Blackburn
For those of us who revere and are in awe of great scientists, this article is a fun depiction of them having to draw their discoveries. Goofy and endearing. Some of the Nobel laureates scrawled scientific formulas on the poster-sized paper. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Nobel Prize winner for physiology or medicine in 2008, drew the human…
Read MoreAcupuncture for Stress: Fox News
Just short Q and A from Fox News about Acupuncture for Stress. Relieve stress naturally with acupuncture By Dr. Manny Alvarez Published June 20, 2013 Your body is hardwired to react to stress. But if you are constantly on alert, your health can pay the price. We recently got this email from a viewer looking…
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