AcupunctureScience

Yeah, it's a thing.

[neurohackers]

Excellent paper!

http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00074/full

[theangryacupuncturist]

Best quote of the year by far

I don’t think they are trying to protect the integrity of AOM. They are trying to preserve the culture of 1980’s American AOM. They have superimposed their own esoteric perspective on AOM and are promoting it as the original medicine.

[neurohackers]

[neurohackers]

At what moment are you dead? - Randall Hayes

For as far back as we can trace our existence, humans have been fascinated with death and resurrection. But is resurrection really possible? And what is the actual difference between a living creature and a dead body anyway? Randall Hayes delves into the scientific theories that seek to answer these age-old questions.

...nice, short bit about vitalism in this awesome animation. While most acupuncturists follow Soulié de Morant off the intellectual cliff of vitalism, more and more of us are recognizing acupuncture for the neurophysiological intervention that it is.

[neurosciencestuff]

In a discovery that could dramatically affect the treatment of brain and spinal cord injuries, researchers have identified a previously unknown, beneficial immune response that occurs after injury to the central nervous system. By harnessing this response, doctors may be able to develop new and...

[neurohackers]

Great piece!

[neurohackers]

Effectiveness of Acupuncture on Chronic Prostatitis-Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome Category IIIB Patients: A Prospective, Randomized, Nonblinded, Clinical Trial | Read by QxMD

Yet another simple, small study with good design (a little loose on internal validity), good follow-up, and an effective evidence-based protocol. This kind of comparative effectiveness research is critical to the acupuncture field.

[neurohackers]

Acupuncture Provides Short-Term Pain Relief for Patients in a Total Joint Replacement Program | Read by QxMD