My research article for Medical Acupuncture on Acupuncture for High Blood Pressure is published.  The National Library of Medicine link is here .  My study suggests that measurable stress levels decrease in acupuncture patients being treated for hypertension along with their blood pressure.  Similar results in a recent UCLA study in patients with coronary artery disease. Nice!

 
My oral presentation for a Medical Acupuncture Conference in Barcelona November 8th went well.  Fortunately there were enough researchers interested in the project (mainly from Germany) who stuck around to hear it.  I was almost the last speaker after a long day. I am researching whether varying the actual needling strategy improves the relaxation response that often accompanies acupuncture treatment.  I'm finding is that it is highly individual, just as we are taught in Chinese Medicine!

This short paper is  on how to treat sleep disorders in the Acupuncture Clinic. It is a part of a series in Alternative and Complementary Therapies' column entitled: "Clinical Roundup: Selected Treatment Options for Sleep Disorders." which is scheduled to appear in Volume 20, Number 6, December 2014. I submitted it with the welcome assistance of Dr. Brenda Golianu a fellow Anesthesiologist/Acupuncturist.