Stener-Victorin is the “go to” researcher on acupuncture fertility. I’ve corresponded with her and shared lunch at conferences and discussed the issues of HRV and fertility. (PCOS patients tend to have high sympathetic tone.) This study is of interest to
A bit of a stretch for relevancy, I know, but I’m drawing attention to this article because the science is pretty provocative, and the points are such easy ones. They used the Jing Well points, which are next to the
I’m never quite sure what to make of these studies, but I applaud this one for the rigor. 67 autistic kids, treatment 5 days a week for 12 weeks. Now THAT’S what I call a study. The results are highlighted
From the previous post, the author also highlighted the increasing use of Acupuncture in the Military. I have learned the “battlefield protocol” which is auriculoacupuncture. But I thought the discussion was of interest, so will link to the article and
A very thoughtful article in Acupuncture Today, called ” Barriers and Bridges: Eastern Thought and Western Science” discusses what we lose by trying to fit the concepts of Traditional Chinese Medicine into a Western framework. Since this is the
This summary of the best protocols for IVF and IUI is handy, and given the hazards of hormone dosing, acupuncture allows for safer, better conception results. I find it interesting that they put more emphasis on the timing of the
I’ve discussed these studies here, here and here. But still nice to see them get more attention. Acupuncture Prevents Heart Attacks? – New Research 04 July 2012 Technorati New research concludes that acupuncture improves heart rate variability (HRV). HRV is
More like this please. I like this study, not because of any definitive conclusions, but because of its ambition and intent to include more nuanced aspects of patient (or subject) response. They compared low dose acupuncture, one single point, versus
Nice pilot study showing Acupuncture effectiveness for chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy with nerve conduction studies as the biomarker. Small study, but encouraging and well done. Acupunct Med. 2012 Mar;30(1):4-7. Epub 2011 Dec 5. Acupuncture for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN): a
I love the first line of this abstract “Acupuncture regulates autonomic function.” That is precisely what my research looks at. This is another study looking at the nitty gritty of what happens when PC6 acupuncture point is used. In the
