We were given a few journals at the ISAMS conference. An editorial by Lundeberg outlines the mechanisms whereby acupuncture may increase local blood flow. From what I’ve read it appears that acupuncture leads to ADP compounds may have a vasodilatory
My notes from Dr. Lundeberg’s lecture are not at all similar to his abstract (Thomas Lundeberg.) He might have chosen to speak about related topics. From my notes, he said that for acupuncture to be effective for pain, the stimulus
Luigi Manni is doing interesting animal studies on acupuncture neurodegenerative conditions. The cholinergic system is involved and pro NGF is increased in the diabetic brain. The abstract here Luigi Manni. Electro-acupuncture (EA) could improve brain NGF availability and utilization. We
No posting over the last few weeks since I was out of town at the Stockholm International Society of Meridian and Acupuncture Studies at the Karolinska Institute. I was hoping to blog from there, but found it wasn’t practical to
In a turn around from a decade ago, the science has changed and concluded that if people have normal knees to begin with, running doesn’t increase chances of knee arthritis.
In a turn around from a decade ago, the science has changed and concluded that if people have normal knees to begin with, running doesn’t increase chances of knee arthritis.
When the American Academy of Pediatrics endorsed guidelines recommending expensive prescription drugs to treat childhood acne, it didn’t tell doctors this: 13 of the 15 experts who drafted the guidelines were paid consultants or speakers for companies that market
This study like the previous one looks at intrinsic reactivity to stress and the physiological sequelae. Psychosom Med. 2011 Sep;73(7):533-40. Autonomic and adrenocortical reactivity and buccal cell telomere length in kindergarten children. Kroenke CH, Epel E, Adler N, Bush NR,
This whole approach and way of looking at stress and reactivity may, or may not have pertinence to the study I’m preparing for the International Society for Acupuncture and Meridian Studies (ISAMS) in Stockholm. This study that I linked
This article discusses how acupuncture helps pets to walk again. Sweet! I also like to point out that there is no “belief” or lack of belief working on animals, so no placebo problem. Many acupuncture studies are now done
