Tag: acupuncture as prevention
Guidelines for Hypertension Medications Eased
Common sense guidelines instead of arbitrarily treating a number in the elderly. Still fairly strict, BP should be below 150/90 in people over 60 years, 140/90 in younger patients. I have quite a few patients I’m treating for High Blood Pressure and I must say, acupuncture can be really effective in keeping blood pressure low…
Read MoreSamueli Institute: Some Background from Wired Magazine
This article is older, but I wanted to include it in the blog archive because the Samueli Institute is pretty unique. But it isn’t all inner peace and holistic healing. The Institute was founded by a Fortune 500 billionaire with a history of financial scandal. They pay their director nearly half a million dollars each…
Read MoreIncome Inequality and Stress: A Huge Toll
In an article outlining some of the negative effects of early childhood poverty (1 in 5 children in the U.S. live in poverty) because of what early-life stress does to the nervous system, the author, Moises Velasquez-Manoff, suggests that lower status in society has extremely deleterious effects on health that start early in life. We…
Read MoreAcupuncture for Stress: Fox News
Just short Q and A from Fox News about Acupuncture for Stress. Relieve stress naturally with acupuncture By Dr. Manny Alvarez Published June 20, 2013 Your body is hardwired to react to stress. But if you are constantly on alert, your health can pay the price. We recently got this email from a viewer looking…
Read MoreAcupuncture for Orthostatic Hypotension
The findings of this study are at odds with studies that show acupuncture at PC6 causes parasympathetic enhancement, not sympathetic enhancement. So not exactly sure what to make of this one. Only the abstract is available unfortunately, since I would be interested to see exactly how they measured the HRV. Also, using healthy volunteers may…
Read MoreAcupuncture and Isometric Exercises for Knee Osteoarthritis
Knee osteoarthritis has been one true success story for acupuncture research. In this study, they compare acupuncture and isometric exercise for knee osteoarthritis. Unfortunately, they don’t describe the isometric exercises well. At. all. Int J Prev Med. 2013 Apr;4(Suppl 1):S73-7. Comparison of the effects of acupuncture and isometric exercises on symptom of knee osteoarthritis.Saleki M,…
Read MoreAcupuncture Works for High Blood Pressure
Acupunct Electrother Res. 2013;38(1-2):1-15. The effect of acupuncture on high blood pressure of patients using antihypertensive drugs.Cevik C, Iseri SO. Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry, Director of The Acupuncture Clinic & The Coordinator of The Acupuncture Certificate Courses, Gazi University Medical Faculty, Ankara/Turkey. Abstract Blood pressure control is an important component of cardiovascular disease prevention. Despite…
Read MoreAcupuncture for Allergies: Letter to the NYTimes
As a follow up to the post I did on “Acupuncture for Allergies: Hey it cured me!” in March (just in time for hay fever season), there is this follow up letter to the editor. His experience parallels mine exactly. Interesting! March 18, 2013 Acupuncture for Allergies (1 Letter) To the Editor: “Really” (March 12)…
Read MoreChronic Pain and the Role of Brain Activity
This article has pertinent discussion of the issues behind chronic pain. When a person has chronic pain, they end up with “central sensitization.” What this means is that even if the initial pain problem is gone, the brain keeps signalling that there is a problem. This brain initiated signal can lead to ongoing and pernicious…
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