This is a huge problem. Researchers bury studies because their data don’t fit their hypothesis. Drug companies famously have not reported the negative results for their products. Furthermore, it’s much harder to get negative results published in journals.
This article achieves something that has always been on the back burner of my HRV project. That is, can we tell something about people’s likelihood to respond to treatment before we treat them, by analyzing their HRV? In my earliest
I have treated fibromyalgia patients over the years, and the condition is of intense interest in the Acupuncture Research Community. This article indicates that autonomic dysfunction plays a part in the disease. Front Physiol. 2018 Aug 17;9:1118. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01118. eCollection
This study looks at taVNS (auricular stim) and the effects on fMRI. They compare tragus stim with lobe stim. The tragus has some reflection of the auricular brancy of the vagus nerve, but from my studies not as much as
This study uses 30 minute daily sessions, not at all difficult to achieve. Granted this study is in animals, but this study also used 30 minute daily session in humans. Maybe time to try this myself! Mol Pain. 2018 Jan-Dec;14:1744806918787368.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed Cephalalgia. 2016 Mar;36(3):265-78. doi: 10.1177/0333102415583989. Epub 2015 May 11. Vagally mediated heart rate variability in headache patients–a systematic review and meta-analysis. Koenig J1, Williams DP1, Kemp AH2, Thayer JF3. Author information 1 Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University,
Friend of blog, Zach Haigney and I have discussed hormesis before on the blog, but not recently. The concept of hormesis quoting Zach is “The idea is that low level stressors have a beneficial or stimulatory effect while the higher levels
According to this study, adolescent girls have lower heart rate variability so HRV could be a marker for susceptibility to anxiety disorders. The remedy? Not in this study, but acupuncture of course! Diminished heart rate complexity in adolescent girls: a
This study came up on my feed, and even though a few years old, the melatonin piece plus the possible help for diabetes make it worthy of its own blog post. I’ve given my own version of TAVNS devices to
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2016 Feb;16(2):11. doi: 10.1007/s11910-015-0620-7. Non-Invasive Neuromodulation for Headache Disorders. Zhu S1, Marmura MJ2. Author information Abstract Migraine and other chronic headache disorders are common and if inadequately treated, can lead to significant disability. The effectiveness of
