I am adding this study because it relates directly to a patient I am seeing with severe tinnitus. His HRV has decreased over time, and his tinnitus has subsided somewhat. A very vexing medical condition indeed. The graph is his
This article discusses the comorbidity of asthma and suicide in teenagers. I am linking to it because this is easily explained by Chinese Medicine. Asthma is a disorder of the lungs and suicide represents the “spirit” of the lung, which
This article is by JJ Allen who was one of the first to show that positive HRV response correlated with clinical outcomes. I find it interesting because their baseline HRV level correlates with the anxiety that they end up experiencing
No real surprise with this study’s results but nice to have large studies that confirm my own findings. They measured High Frequency (HF) HRV as their parameter. Also, a good reference for my journal article that I WILL finish today. 😉 Psychosom Med.
No wonder I continue to use PC 6 for anxiety/depression. It works! Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:469765. Acupuncture Activates ERK-CREB Pathway in Rats Exposed to Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress. Lu J1, Liang J, Wang JR, Hu L, Tu Y,
Even appendicitis is not always an indication for surgery. That IS news. They studied using antibiotics only in children and it worked quite well. Amazing.
I went to this talk a week ago. Aditi Bhargava has developed a model of ongoing stress in mice with focus not only on gut health, but how it affects anxiety states. The talk had some aspects that lost me
They looking to be counting on genetics and lots of cash to beat the grim reaper. Yeesh.
We’ve discussed telomeres as a measure of aging previously on the blog. Just for housekeeping sake wanted to post this so that there was no confusion about the name of Blackburn‘s company going forward.
Patients receiving ongoing acupuncture treatment repeatedly report a sense of higher “resilience.” What that means, is a sense of being better able to handle stresses that life deals them. This phenomenon is a subtle but very real outcome during acupuncture
