This is another study showing different brain specificity of acupuncture points in their reflection in the brain. In this case, they showed that two points close together anatomically, have different fMRI activity. Recent discussion on a similar topic here. Chin
Surprised to see this pithy description of the ravages of chronic daily stress. In this excerpt, Taleb is describing a trader who undergoes small daily stock market losses and what it does to him. Nero discovered tha the losses went
I get that there are limits to this book “Black Swan” by Nassim Taleb, but I’m enjoying it immensely and since few popular authors discuss the philosophy of science. He describes what happens to the brain with chronic stress, which
Spent the morning reading “Black Swan” by Nassim Taleb, a mathematical trader by profession, but an essayist and “intellectual.” His book outlines how difficult it is to override our innate, evolutionary tendency to make assumptions and draw conclusions that leave
This article is meant to start the discussion of acupuncture as a part of cancer care. Their results are quite confusing however. From the article electroacupuncture clearly helps nausea and vomiting from chemotherapy in breast cancer patients. It also suggests
I like this study because it uses an actual “patient” group (people with an ailment) rather than healthy volunteers. And also because it shows a difference not only in the subjects reduction in pain, but actually different metabolic pain profiles
This is a different sort of experiment than one typically sees. They gave acupuncture to healthy volunteers to see if it would mitigate pain from cold pressor test, or intradermal capsaicin injections (ouch!) There was no significant difference between the
Nice review of the literature and science. Free Article here. Probable mechanisms of needling therapies for myofascial pain control. Chou LW, Kao MJ, Lin JG. Abstract Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) has been defined as a regional pain syndrome characterized by
This shows that repetitive electroacupuncture at P5-P6 is better than manual acupuncture in increasing metenkephalin, thought to be key in the lowering of blood pressure with acupuncture. I heard Longhurst a year ago and he said that LI 11-10 is
Some photographer with a super duper zoom lens zeroed in on Penelope Cruz’ ear and spotted the gold acupuncture seeds. This particular placement is probably for stress. It would doubtless be stressful to be under this kind of press
