This Inflammation 4.15.2022 for sharing really gave me problems. How to explain how acupuncture and other non-invasive interventions can affect something as serious and all pervasive as Inflammation? Inflammation is linked to all the big killers, cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s
Maybe it sounds hyperbolic, but this article is a true breakthrough. As patients and readers of the blog know, I’ve been focused on the relationship between autonomic balance/stress response and acupuncture for a long time. I measure Heart Rate Variability
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“Zombie Cells” Hold Clues to Improved Healing of Spinal Cord Injuries
Not sure how they measures vagal activity. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015 Nov;30(11):1574-81. doi: 10.1111/jgh.12995. Ameliorating effects and autonomic mechanisms of needle-less transcutaneous electrical stimulation at ST36 on stress-induced impairment in gastric slow waves. Zhang N1,2, Song G2, Chen J3, Xu
More on the interaction of the neuroendocrine system and the immune system. Systems biology, it all goes together.. This article is only tangentially relevant to the question of acupuncture since it involves the overwhelming repercussions from massive trauma. Yang C,
This study is probably suspect, but on the other hand, Vitamin D is cheap and safe if you don’t overdo it. So maybe take time to replenish your supplies and take it! A new study that looked at 216 people
Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2019; 2019: 4598167. Published online 2019 Dec 12. doi: 10.1155/2019/4598167 PMCID: PMC6930799 PMID: 31915506 New Insights for Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Aging-Related Diseases: Herbal Medicine as Potential Therapeutic Approach Yanfei Liu, 1 , 2 Weiliang Weng, 2 Rui Gao, 2 and Yue Liu 3 Author information Article
Not sure what to make of this study. But posting here because of the many and varied effects of the auricular branch of the vagus nerve. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17344-9 Vagus nerve stimulation boosts the drive to work for rewards Monja P. Neuser,
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1074742716300612 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Volume 132, July 2016, Pages 49-56 The effects of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on conditioned fear extinction in humans Author links open overlay panelAndreas M.Burgera BartVerkuilaIlseVan DiestbWillemVan der DoesaJulian F.ThayercJos F.Brosschota a Institute of
