Stimulated by Mousley et al 2025.[1] IF – impact factorMR – magnetic resonanceDTI – diffusion tensor imaging3D – three dimensional2D – two dimensionalGMV – grey matter volumeWMV – white matter volumeTCV – total cerebral volume – key to acronyms I heard a news item on this research on BBC Radio 4 at the beginning of … Continue reading Brain topology turning points over the human lifespan
Stimulated by Khadour et al 2025.[1,2] A Hartley guinea pig doing an impression of an SD rat – the strain used in the experimental research mentioned below.This image feature previously on the blog – EA for guinea pig OAK. EA – electroacupunctureJIA – juvenile idiopathic arthritisIF – impact factorELISA – enzyme-linked immunosorbent assayCaspase-1 – cystine … Continue reading EA for JIA 2025
Acupuncture for tic disorders in children 2021 Inspired by You et al 2021.[1] Photo by Freeman Zhou on Unsplash. TD – tic disordersYGTSS – Yale Global Tic Severity ScaleTSS – total tic score (of the YGTSS)GSS – global severity score (of the YGTSS)ADHD – attention deficit hyperactivity disorderOCD – obsessive compulsive disorderkey to acronyms This … Continue reading Acupuncture for TD
Stimulated by Risal et al 2019.[1] Yes, I am late to this party! Well, in my defence, there is no mention of ‘acup’ anywhere in the text of this paper, so it did not pop up in my searches back in December 2019 when it was published. By the way, ‘acup’ is a really useful … Continue reading Transgenerational PCOS
This blog was first published on 26th January 2017 on https://blogs.bmj.com/aim/. At the time I was in Cape Town on holiday, trying to get a rapid response published to the NG59 summary in the BMJ. It was critical of NICE, and I was negotiating over content with a legal expert from BMJ! The response took three … Continue reading Acupuncture for infantile colic – misdirection in the media or over-reaction from a sceptic blogger?
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