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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/25/magazine/can-the-nervous-system-be-hacked.html?_r=0
I was reading this article and couldn't help but immediately notice the similarities with some of the theories espoused by osteopathic medicine. Sure, the rigorous and properly conducted science in this article is a far cry from the crude theories that osteopathic medicine has been proselytizing for almost a century, but you have to acknowledge the larger irony: that DOs have hypothesized a clear link between autonomics and specific visceral disease for a very long time.
"The vagus nerve and its branches conduct nerve impulses — called action potentials — to every major organ. But communication between nerves and the immune system was considered impossible, according to the scientific consensus in 1998."
It would be a shame if the profession didn't use this publicity and opportunity to invest some time and money into evaluating the science, or lack thereof, between osteopathic techniques and autonomics.
I was reading this article and couldn't help but immediately notice the similarities with some of the theories espoused by osteopathic medicine. Sure, the rigorous and properly conducted science in this article is a far cry from the crude theories that osteopathic medicine has been proselytizing for almost a century, but you have to acknowledge the larger irony: that DOs have hypothesized a clear link between autonomics and specific visceral disease for a very long time.
"The vagus nerve and its branches conduct nerve impulses — called action potentials — to every major organ. But communication between nerves and the immune system was considered impossible, according to the scientific consensus in 1998."
It would be a shame if the profession didn't use this publicity and opportunity to invest some time and money into evaluating the science, or lack thereof, between osteopathic techniques and autonomics.
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