Ancient Medicine Made Modern

Acupuncture and Your Stress Response

I've been researching the effect of acupuncture on the autonomic nervous system for many years. As readers of my book know , a balanced autonomic nervous system leads to less inflammation. Inflammation underlies many chronic diseases, including Depression, Cardiac Disease, and even Cancer.

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Prostate Health: Prostate Cancer and

Acupuncture for BPH, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

The review highlights acupuncture's potential for managing moderate to severe BPH symptoms in the short term but calls for further research with more rigorous designs and longer follow-up periods.

ReNAMING THE LOWEST-RISK PROSTATE CANCER WOULD CUT DOWN ON OVERLY AGGRESSIVE TREATMENT, SOME DOCTORS SAY

Small unusual cells rarely lead to a full blown cancer diagnosis, and if you treat these early signs aggressively, the risk (side effects like impotence and incontinence) are not worth the tiny risk.

My Book is Out, Get a Copy!

Radical Resilience was published February 1st!

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"Radical Resilience” by K. Sparrow, MD, blends ancient health teachings with modern science to redefine wellness and longevity. This insightful book, through a blend of acupuncture, neuroscience, and immunology, challenges conventional medical perspectives and guides readers towards achieving enduring health and resilience in today’s world.

Acupuncture as Integrative Aid for Diabetes and Heart Failure

T he complex interaction between these conditions mandates a comprehensive approach to managing individuals with both diabetes and heart failure, underscoring the importance of addressing both aspects for enhanced patient outcomes. Heart failure and diabetes are both heavily associated with chronic upregulation of the sympathetic nervous system, which has been identified as a pivotal factor in the progression of disease, and acupuncture addresses this problem without side effects.

Acupressure and Menopausal Sleep Disturbance

T he study found that in the patients who responded with better sleep, (with ear acupressure) showed a decrease in their stress response as measured by their HRV.

CONCLUSIONS:

This study suggests that ear acupressure intervention leads to more cardiac parasympathetic and less cardiac sympathetic activity, which contributes to the improvement of Pittsburg Sleep Quaity Score.

Who Wants to Live Forever? And Ongoing Alzheimer's Research Controversies

This article looks at some of the recent developments in the ever interesting quest for long life.

I invite you to go my blog post and click through to the article.

I wanted to highlight this section on Alzheimer’s research and the role of amyloid. We’ve discussed this before in the blog, and the huge controversy about the approval of the drug Aduhelm in newsletters. This article discusses a new drug that targets amyloid and shows slight improvement.

But the question, to me, is one of opportunity costs. The more they chase the amyloid question, the fewer resources are left for other avenues of intervention, for example, neuroinflammation. For those who have read my book, you might have come to appreciate the outsized role that inflammation plays in all aspects of health and aging.

Acupuncture for Stress and Anxiety

This is a nice, well-conceived study since it focuses on a specific population under specific circumstances (pre-op cath lab). What they found was that the patients receiving electroacupuncture had lower LF/HF which means their stress profile of sympathetic/parasympathetic activity was lowered. The measure of their vagal activity was higher.

I now have a YouTube Channel

I have quite a few more videos up since last newsletter. I've done a lot of videos on sleep issues for the new year of 2024. It is part of my mission to share what I know about ways to stay healthier and acupuncture's uses, science, and limitations.

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7 Crucial Anti- Aging, Anti-inflammatory

Supplements

I'm revisiting this previous post on supplements for supple limbs and long life.

I link to this graphic in the blog post, but you can check it out here too.

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