This is the pro side Here is the con side I guess I am taken aback at the scorn thrown at the acupuncture camp. I wonder why they didn’t spend their time berating truly expensive and dangerous therapies such as
I’ve been recommending the derma roller for patients coming in for Cosmetic Acupuncture for years. This is a great summary of how it works. I can’t comment on the LED treatment that she combines with it, nor using lidocaine gel.
Full free text on when to introduce medicinal helminths. “The ‘hygiene hypothesis’ takes a number of forms which are not exclusive, but have yet to be articulated as a unifying concept. An inverse relationship between parasite infection and immune
Cell phone radiation danger. Take aways: 1. Use a head set 2. If no headset, keep at least 1″ away from your head 3. No little kids should be using cell phones.
In Acupuncture research, the demand for an rigorous “sham” procedure has been relentless, and difficult to satisfy. To have a sham needle that doesn’t penetrate the skin is hard to pull off, but that is what is required. Finally there
A study showed that elderly patients who use benzodiazepines and their cohorts (Lunesta and Ambien) are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. There are other hazards to these medications in the elderly in addition, such as making driving more dangerous
This whole concept of “old friends” and hormesis fascinates me because of what I see every day in the clinic with patients’ resilience to stress, physical challenges and immune function. The microbiota of the gut is complex and seems
First, Do No Harm Great article about medicine’s tendency to take recommendations to the extreme. Included should be the recommendations about blood pressure. Too low, especially in the elderly can be dangerous too!
Interesting article that outlines precedent for a parasite (in this case bacteria) causing us to eat food that benefit THEM instead of US. Creepy, but who knows? “We’ve come to appreciate how beneficial our microbes are, breaking down our
Scientific American takes on the topic of Acupuncture in discussing a research study about acupuncture for depression. In this particular article, they used electroacupuncture for 6 weeks and the effect was more rapid than with Prozac. If you click
