Readers of this blog are familiar with Dr. Longhurst. I’ve blogged about his work on acupuncture and hypertension and his recent conference here, here, and here. I also mentioned how he is convinced that electro acupuncture is necessary, indeed in
This is a study looking at functional MRI and HRV underlying the autonomic nervous system response to nausea. This is of interest to because nausea is one of the best well studied conditions where acupuncture helps. Given my thesis that
This study is looking at acupuncture effectiveness for neuropathic pain. They simulate neuropathic pain by ligating a spinal nerve in the rat and then using traditional acupuncture point stimulation compared with gabapentin. Manual acupuncture inhibits mechanical hypersensitivity induced by spinal
Yay. I remember reading this article when it came out but couldn’t find it, it’s entitled “Big Men, Little Needles.” The New York Jets use acupuncture to keep strong, healthy and pain free.So can you!! Needling the body forces the
This is a study published in Chinese looking at the effects of acupuncture at P6 and P5 in healthy volunteers comparing the effects of retained needles to traditional needling. Use of P6 and P5 for cardiac purposes is a time
Sorry for the long gap without posting! I guess I’ll blame it on the holidays and getting back to work, though that certainly can’t account for such a long window. I’m reworking my website, and will be giving a presentationm
Nice study, but small, looking at acupuncture’s effect on the “itch” of eczema and the correlation with basophils. Post on an acupuncture study on eczema here from Napadow. Info on my practice here. J Altern Complement Med. 2011 Apr;17(4):309-14. Epub
To be filed under “Follow the Money.” This has got to be horrendous for patients since you know that the insurance company’s costs will be reimbursed first since they can hire more lawyers. And to have to be dealing with
This is the story of Robert Ader who first coined the term “psychoneuroimmunology” or PNI. If you’re interested in stress and disease, as I am, you probably would like to read the whole article. A few excerpts here. Robert Ader,
Compare and contrast. A study looking AGAIN at acupuncture for osteoarthritis after the biggest study ever done on acupuncture put the placebo issue to rest. Why don’t we see this scrutiny with anti-depressant studies? Or stents? There can actually be
