UCSF researcher who works with Nobel Prize winner Elizabeth Blackburn from Rhonda Patrick’s blog Found my fitness, an interview. I saw her speak with Blackburn at the JCC and was really impressed with Epel. (Of course, I’m in awe of
I have no idea if we can extrapolate the parameters used in this study to humans, but nice to have them anyway. Incredible that they were able to see actual cytological changes with the TaVNS. Front Pharmacol. 2019 May 21;10:353.
This segment gives a nice run down of what to expect with acupuncture AND emphasizes its positive effects on stress. By: Alicia Smith From infertility to infections, menopause to metabolic disorders, anxiety to asthma, there are many reasons people turn
Such a sad story. A waste of talent and who knows what they might have accomplished if they had been given the resources. I’m quite sure this is common across the sciences. My first love was science and research. I
This study by friend of blog Vitaly Napadow, looks at TAVNS (type of ear stim I use in the clinic) and the effect of timing with breathing, exhalation versus inhalation. They are also able to calculate second by second HF
I had no idea there were so many studies on HRV and inflammation! This study examines the parameters of HRV that most closely correlate with inflammation. They find that SDNN and HF (high frequency) activity correlate most highly with inflammation.
I need to put a new tab on my blog called “Boys and Their Toys”. Just kidding! I don’t need the backlash from the boys and their toys… I did a previous post on the perils of robotic surgery here.
I met Usichenko in Barcelona when I presented a paper there. He is also interested in the potential for auricular stimulation in mitigating health problems. In this study he looks at pain management. I posted previously about his work. In
If you substituted HRV for fMRI in this abstract, you would get the idea of what I’m trying to find using HRV. I’m collecting data to see if one can identify which patients/treatments are most like to correlate with clinical
