Vitaly Napadow has done detailed investigations into the brain regions involved in acupuncture effects. The abstract to his talk on pruritis is here.Vitaly Napadow Real, but not sham, acupuncture was found to reduce itch sensation (ACUP: base=66±18, post=44±18, p<0.001; SHAM:
Luigi Manni is doing interesting animal studies on acupuncture neurodegenerative conditions. The cholinergic system is involved and pro NGF is increased in the diabetic brain. The abstract here Luigi Manni. Electro-acupuncture (EA) could improve brain NGF availability and utilization. We
Dr. Stener Vitorin is perfecting her protocol for fertility and now focuses on Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS.) PCOS patients have elevated sympathetic tone, so this condition might be one that my particular style of acupuncture would help since I
No posting over the last few weeks since I was out of town at the Stockholm International Society of Meridian and Acupuncture Studies at the Karolinska Institute. I was hoping to blog from there, but found it wasn’t practical to
