I bring this study to your attention for a few reasons. It underscores the efficacy of acupuncture for gastrointestinal problems in general by addressing a serious and pernicious problem in HIV patients. The gut is highly innervated, and for that
Having read the article in full from yesterday’s blog post, (link to article here) I wanted to draw attention to a few points. One: they flesh out the concept of acupuncture causing stimulation similar to exercise. I remember reading Anderson’s
I bring this article to your attention for a few reasons. One: this lab has concentrated on Nerve Growth Factor and acupuncture for quite a few years, and see it as a key link in the cascade of responses between
Now we’re talking. A study looking at different electroacupuncture freqencies and what happens to Heart Rate Variability. This interests me quite a bit since, I’m planning to look at HRV in PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) patients comparing manual acupuncture with
Helene Langevin is a regular at the Society for Acupuncture Research (SAR) gatherings. Her particular interest and expertise is the actual meridians themselves, and the collagen networks that contribute to acupuncture signaling. I was unaware of this study and think
This is a study that tries to specify which opioid receptors are involved in electroacupuncture’s effectiveness in decreasing the Paw Pressure Threshold in rats. They use an irritant, carrageenan, which makes the joint hyperalgesic (more sensitive) and then measure how
This study was cited in the most recent issue of Acupuncture Today. It compares acupuncture with sham acupuncture with symptoms, estrogen levels and FSH levels as outcome measures. I was not aware of it, and as a study it is
This study is a bit of a muddle, but because of the ubiquity of depression, I’ll go ahead and post it here. The study design was to compare electro acupuncture with Prozac, versus Prozac alone, using MRI studies of the
I bring this study to your attention for a few reasons.1. I really like studies that get down to the real nitty gritty of the mechanisms behind acupuncture and what is really happening on a tissue level. To actually ask
This article combines my previous specialty, Anesthesiology and Critical Care, and Acupuncture. So for me it is doubly interesting. In addition, the results are dramatic in this study coming out of Germany, with collaboration with colleagues at Harvard. The acupuncture
