Stimulated by four recent papers appearing on PubMed.[1–4] Gold needle on brushed aluminium with x24 macro lens attachment on iPhone 6 plushttps://www.instagram.com/p/BGhNmuUI2aU/ AiM – Acupuncture in MedicineCXR – chest x-ray filmNEJM – New England Journal of MedicineFPL – flexor pollicis longusIP – interphalangeal (joint)MCP – metacarpophalangeal (joint)key to acronyms This week I am focussing on … Continue reading Needle trouble 2020
Inspired by Jang et al 2020.[1] Image of fNIRS from Elisenicolegray on Wikipedia. PD – Parkinson’s diseasefNIRS – functional near infrared spectroscopySTRICTA – Standards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncturekey to acronyms There is a lot of research published on acupuncture in PD, and I generally ignore it. So why did this paper … Continue reading Acupuncture in PD 2020
Inspired by Oliveira et al 2020,[1] and Ma et al 2020.[2] Photo by Jesse van Vliet on Unsplash OA – osteoarthritisWFH – World Federation of Hemophilia (that’s how they spell it)TENS – transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulationASD – atrial septal defectkey to acronyms This blog follows on in a way from our consideration of OA last … Continue reading Haemophilia, bleeding and bubbles
Stimulated by Vase 2020,[1] and Krause et al 2020.[2] Image from Deniah’s initial visit to the BA first class lounge at Heathrow T5… de nada sweetie! This week I had a couple of quite different papers that caught my interest, and I have been able to link them by chance with the help of my … Continue reading de nada
Stimulated by Yu et al 2020,[1] and Zhang et al 2020.[2] Image from Federico Beccari on Unsplash. The key paper I am highlighting this week comes from the same imaging centre in Boston that gave us Rewiring the brain with acupuncture.[1] It was another paper that I nearly missed, but a subsequent paper in Acupuncture … Continue reading The amygdala and Rx of cLBP
Stimulated by Qin et al 2020,[1] and Pei et al 2020.[2] Image modified from Figure 1 of Qin et al 2020.[1] The first paper I am highlighting this week is an adverse event report attributed to acupuncture. It is quite unusual for two reasons. First, as the title states, the case presented with a shoulder … Continue reading Atraumatic glenohumeral dislocation, IBS and other stories
Stimulated by Lin et al 2020,[1] Park et al 2020,[2] and Khan et al 2019.[3] Shifen Waterfalls, Shifen, Taiwan. Image by Vernon Raineil Cenzon on Unsplash, modified by MC in Lightroom. What is the risk of mortality associated with acupuncture? Well, it depends on the context of course, and I am using this title to draw together a … Continue reading Risk of mortality 2020
Stimulated by Jung et al 2020.[1] Monument of Admiral Zheng He located in the Stadthuys, Melaka.Photo by Hassan Saeed from Melaka, Malaysia (reproduced under CC licence). This paper popped up on my searches because it had fibromyalgia in the abstract. I don’t deliberately search for fibromyalgia, but it is linked in the PubMed system of terms … Continue reading Proton MRS 2020
Stimulated by recent letters in Acupuncture in Medicine.[1–4] Artist is Elihu Vedder (1836–1923). Photographed in 2007 by Carol M. Highsmith (1946–).Minerva is the Roman goddess of poetry, medicine, wisdom, strategic warfare, commerce weaving and the crafts. Her Greek equivalent is Athena... In the last week or so we have published several letters online, and they … Continue reading Mike’s minerva 1
Stimulated by Lee et al 2019 & Wei et al 2019.[1,2] Photo by Brad Lloyd on Unsplash. Back pain was a regular topic on this blog at its inception in March 2016 – around the time that the draft of NG59 was published. NG59 is the current NICE guideline for back pain and sciatica, although … Continue reading Phantom acupuncture for back pain
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