“The American College of Physicians has gone so far as to recommend acupuncture as a first treatment for low back pain, and the Joint Commission’s “Pain Management Standards” now includes acupuncture as a non-pharmacological strategy for managing pain.”… “..Or maybe
“It’s important early in life that we prevent diseases like diabetes, heart disease or hypertension that cause systemic inflammation,” said the lead author, Keenan A. Walker, a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins. “This study shows a temporal relationship between
This article contains a few things I did not know. The most basic one is that EtOh withdrawal leads to hypersensitivity to pain. This suggests all sorts of different strategies to alleviate alcohol withdrawal symptoms. In this study, they induced
Finnish showing lower rates of hypertension in people taking 2 to 5 saunas per week. More benefits!
This author also wrote the article in the New Yorker cited here. So insightful! It makes me realize that I’ve been glib in touting acupuncture to decrease inflammation. There are (obvious to me now) many types of inflammation. In my
My faithful patient, M, forwarded me this fascinating article about using direct vagal stimulation in a long term coma patient. As blog readers know, I’m always experimenting with ways to improve vagal tone with various acupuncture methods, ear stimulation, and
Broccoli sprouts are a cheap source of sulforaphane a great anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer compound. I’ve been sprouting them at home. There are lots of resources online to learn how. Mine certainly don’t look like the photo in the article!! Broccoli
Rhonda Patrick’s blog is focused on longevity research. She is a biochemist by training, but now devotes her time to making the arcane world of biochemisty research on aging accessible to the lay public. (In a recent podcast she discussed
This important article in the New Yorker reinforces my approach to prevention and health. Siddhartha Mukherjee makes the point that cancer and its treatment should not just be focused on the cancer itself, but the body where it is housed.
I remember listening to a podcast on the Tim Ferriss show with the CEO featured in this article, Phil Libin. He’s the founder of Evernote, another app that I can’t seem to master…
