There is intense focus on metabolic syndrome and obesity in the last decade or two. This study is trying to get at categorizing the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-leptin responses in obese women vis a vis their fat and lean body mass and their
I think what appeals most to me about the prospect of limiting the times you eat, as suggested in this blog, is that It seems easier than following a restriction diet Eating often makes me logey and tired, so it
Abstract Psychosom Med. 2015 May;77(4):346-55. Higher vagal activity as related to survival in patients with advanced breast cancer: an analysis of autonomic dysregulation. Giese-Davis J1, Wilhelm FH, Tamagawa R, Palesh O, Neri E, Taylor CB, Kraemer HC, Spiegel D. Author
This is a good summary of the benefits of microneedling. This article gives instructions to Acupuncture practitioners on how to use it in the clinic. I prefer to have patients use it themselves. Acupuncture Facial rejuvenation has benefits that
This company. electrocore, is developing a handheld vagal nerve stimulation device that patients apply to their neck (presumably) for 2 minutes, twice daily and have had some good results. Similar, but not as good as the results I’ve had for
Another article from the International Neuromodulation Society website.
This is a study that looks at using a device similar to the one I’ve been experimenting with in the clinic used for clinical depression. In this study, they show a decrease in depression and also fMRI changes in comparison
What a very, very strange coincidence. After dropping off my rent check yesterday (gratitude abounds for my own private, lovely office) on the fourth floor, and I was looking around and low and behold, the “International Neuromodulation Society.” I’ve been
ne”] In researching background material for my upcoming presentation at the AAMA (American Academy of Medical Acupuncture) conference in Anaheim, I came across this study. It has so many interesting aspects to it, but I will confine myself to this
This study is by the same group that looked at rectal distension and HRV in dogs. In this study in rats, the stim at St 36 increased sympathetic, not parasympathetic activity. So I have an email in to the
