Tag: acupuncture and heart disease
Medical Research
Investigation of Metabolic Response to Electro-Acupuncture Stimulation.
Sci Rep. 2017 Jul 28;7(1):6820. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07306-5. Full text here This graph jumped out at me. “Abnormalities in lipid metabolism, including significantly elevated LDL/VLDL and cholesterol, have been observed in the serum of normal weight migraine patients39 and pregnant migraineurs40. In our study, serum LDL in both the SMFY and GMFS group were dramatically decreased,…
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Medical Research
Acupuncture for Stable Coronary Artery Disease and HRV
This study was done at UCLA, and nicely done. I’m trying to get a reprint to see what exactly their treatment was, and what HRV parameters they were looking at. (Update: reprint hereMehta.Acupuncture.1-s2.0-S0167527314012017-main) In sum, what they found was that the acupuncture caused vagal enhancement, but no change in other parameters. And, (this is…
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