Steeped In the Ten Thousand Things: a research digest & integrative medical discussion

Episode - 8: LongCovid & How Acupuncture May Fit In Treatment Strategies to Manage the Forming Epidemic of Neurologic Disease

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Segment 1: COVID-19 and neurological injury - acupuncture for neuroplasticity and nuerogenesis and treatment of chronic cognitive disease

  • https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/23/how-covid-19-can-damage-the-brain/
  • Xiao, L. Y., Wang, X. R., Yang, Y.,  Yang, J. W., Cao, Y., Ma, S. M., ... & Liu, C. Z. (2018).  Applications of Acupuncture Therapy in Modulating Plasticity of Central  Nervous System. Neuromodulation: journal of the International Neuromodulation Society, 21(8), 762-776. - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29111577/
  • https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dementia
  • https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/facts-figures

    • Segment 2: Tea and Vaccines Safety - CDC Evaluates Risk/Benefit of Vaccines In Context of Myocarditis/Pericarditis

    • Helen Branswell's thread on CDC report on myocarditis/pericarditis from mRNA vaccine: https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/1407737409337532418
    • https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/23/cdc-reports-more-than-1200-cases-of-rare-heart-inflammation-after-covid-vaccine-shots.html

      • Segment 3: Acupuncture for Cancer Support and Cancer Pain

      • Yang, J., Wahner-Roedler, D. L., Zhou,  X., Johnson, L. A., Do, A., Pachman, D. R., ... & Bauer, B. A.  (2021). Acupuncture for palliative cancer pain management: Systematic  review. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. link
      • Tack, L., Lefebvre, T., Blieck, V.,  Cool, L., Pottel, H., Van Eygen, K., ... & Debruyne, P. R. (2021).  Acupuncture as a complementary therapy for cancer care: acceptability  and preferences of patients and informal caregivers. link
      • (related but not discussed) Jang, A., Brown, C., Lamoury, G.,  Morgia, M., Boyle, F., Marr, I., ... & Oh, B. (2020). The effects of  acupuncture on cancer-related fatigue: Updated systematic review and  meta-analysis. Integrative Cancer Therapies, 19, 1534735420949679. link

        • Segment 4: LongCovid Symptoms & Prevalence:

        • Mao, L., Jin, H., Wang, M., Hu, Y.,  Chen, S., He, Q., ... & Hu, B. (2020). Neurologic manifestations of  hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in Wuhan, China. JAMA neurology, 77(6), 683-690. link
        • Sun, B., Tang, N., Peluso, M. J.,  Iyer, N. S., Torres, L., Donatelli, J. L., ... & Pulliam, L. (2021).  Characterization and biomarker analyses of post-COVID-19 complications  and neurological manifestations. Cells, 10(2), 386. link
        • (related but not discussed) Persistent symptoms in adult patients one year after COVID-19: a prospective cohort study, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021

          • Intro / outro song: 'Juparo' By Broke For Free is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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