Tag: stress and health
Sleep: The Fountain of Youth
This is a nice compendium of tips for better sleep. Acupuncture helps balance the autonomic nervous system so you can “rest and digest.” But there are many other suggestions. She recommends melatonin, as do I, though she feels comfortable with a much higher dose than I do. I recommend 1/2 of a milligram to…
Read MoreMarines Use Acupuncture for Pain and PTSD
Nice article from Kaneohe Bay ( site of a few vacations in the past) about a Marine Medical Acupuncturist. “Since their first meeting last year, Ivey has continued to see Kleyensteuber for more than 16 sessions. Ivey said he feels more relaxed, better at handling stress and has physical relief from his previous back pain..” “Using…
Read MoreBlack Swan III: Hippocampus and Aging
Surprised to see this pithy description of the ravages of chronic daily stress. In this excerpt, Taleb is describing a trader who undergoes small daily stock market losses and what it does to him. Nero discovered tha the losses went to his emotional brain, bypassing his higher cortical stuctures and slowly affecting his hippocampus and…
Read MoreThe Economist: Think Yourself Well
The Economist weighing in on a Heart Rate Variability Study (my area of research) looking at vagal tone, (stress levels) in meditators. I wasn’t able to find the original article quickly, but what the Economist reports is that subjects with high vagal tone (low stress) find it easier to generate positive emotions and that,…
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