This ties into my area of interest of monitoring vagal tone during acupuncture treatment. Acupuncture can be helpful with pain, but more interestingly, with immune problems such as allergy. Since immune function is thought to be implicated in so
I just came across this article from the New York Times from almost a year ago. It’s pretty comprehensive, and I enjoyed reading the comments too. I think it’s odd that the author makes it sound like Tracey was an
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21821642 Biol Res Nurs. 2011 Oct;13(4):376-82. Immediate effects of reiki on heart rate variability, cortisol levels, and body temperature in health care professionals with burnout. Díaz-Rodríguez L1, Arroyo-Morales M, Fernández-de-las-Peñas C, García-Lafuente F, García-Royo C, Tomás-Rojas I. Author information 1Nursing,
A technical paper not of general interest, but useful to my research. They find that the most distinguishing parameters of HRV are Sample Entropy ( a parameter I’m already looking at), normalized HF (already looking at) and detrended fluctuation analysis
This was such a simple study, I’m a bit surprised that it was published in the IEEE. They found that cervical manipulation (I’m assuming chiropractic, though it doesn’t say) leads to an increase in HRV, where passive movement doesn’t.
This article discusses the usefulness of anomalies, or suprises when doing scientific research, or even in daily life. It helps to sharpen the focus and allow for a more complete answer, or to toss out the accepted answer completely and
Latest on hypertension and cholesterol testing and treatment from the UCSF Controversies in Women’s Health Conference.
