Study looking at skin response with acupuncture and cetirizine. Both worked compared to placebo, but the flare was smaller with acupuncture. More info on my practice here. Acupuncture compared with oral antihistamine for type I hypersensitivity itch and skin response
Long overdue. People have been complaining about the statins for years, finally the FDA takes action. Good for them. I discussed the irrational boosterism about statins here, their link to diabetes here. More on my practice here.Maybe one more for
This article by “friend of blog” Vitaly Napadow, looks at resting brain connectivity as a biomarker for pain and pain relief in fibromyalgia patients. He doesn’t mention acupuncture as the treatment modality used, but I emailed him and he said
To file in the “First, Do No Harm” file. Or the “Follow the Money” file. You decide. I’ve discussed some of the hesitations about coronary stents here, and here.We learned that the FDA “endangered countless patients’ lives when it stopped
