Low Heart Rate Variability (HRV), Depression, and Heart Attack

December 22nd, 2008

An interesting study was reprinted in the Archives of Internal Medicine called “Low Heart Rate Variability and the Effect of Depression on Post-Myocardial Infarction Mortality.” The study looked at 311 depressed patients and 367 non depressed patients who had experienced a recent acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack) within the previous 28 days. It presents research “suggesting that low HRV may be a mechanism linking depression to an increased risk for mortality” (p. 1486).

The research notes that low Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is a strong predictor of mortality in patients with a recent heart attack, independent of depression. And that depressed patients have been found to have lower HRV than when compared to medically similar, non depressed patients with stable coronary disease. The study found that a decreased survival rate and low HRV was associated with depression, and that “the effect of depression on survival is partially mediated by low HRV” (p. 1489) and supports that depression is a risk factor in mortality after a heart attack.

“It also raises the possibility that treatments that improve both depression and HRV might also improve survival in these patients” (p. 1486).

Activated Air has been shown to increase HRV, as described in the study by Kuchera available on our research page.

Source: Carney, R., et al. (2005), Low Heart Rate Variability and the Effect of Depression on Post-Myocardial Infaction Mortality. Archives of Internal Medicine, 165, 1486-1491.

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Activated Air, Sports, Fitness and Oxidative Stress

December 15th, 2008

In the area of sports and fitness, three areas are positively affected by Activated Air.

1) The intrinsic combustion in the mitochondria, the power plants of the cells, functions better. This results in increased energy production (ATP production).

2) The immune system is strengthened, as each cell produces an increased amount of its own protective enzymes, which neutralize aggressive free radicals. Oxidative stress is mainly responsible for a weak immune system, as the enormous consumption of oxygen automatically and physiologically produces a great number of free radicals.

3) The autonomic nervous system functions verifiable better as the main control and distribution center of all processes in the body after using Activated Air for 20 minutes. This means that internal and external stimuli of the autonomic nervous system are processed faster, more effectively and with fewer errors.

The Activated Air device can be a great help to athletes because it supports all sports and fitness activities. It permits more rigorous training, improves energy levels and most importantly it helps protect the athlete’s health from the damage of oxidative stress.

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Breathing Activated Air when it is hard to breathe through your nose

December 11th, 2008

As cold and flu season approaches, we are getting calls from people who find it challenging to breathe through their nasal cannula. This may be a good time to consider using a diffuser. You wear it like a telephone headset and the airstream is delivered from a small disk that sits in front of your nose or mouth. If you are stuffed up, adjusting the diffuser so it delivers Activated Air to your mouth, as shown in the picture, is the perfect answer.

The headset is not just for people who are stuffed up. It is comfortable to wear, ideal for people who normally breathe through their mouth instead of their nose and some people prefer its look and feel.

The diffusers are designed for reuse so they cost more initially but last a long time. The non adjustable diffuser, shown in the photo, costs a little over $10 each – you purchase a pack of two for $21.70. The fully adjustable headsets cost $33.40 for a package of two.

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Part II

December 4th, 2008

Chiropractors are the biggest segment of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). There are currently about 55,000 chiropractors in the US, growing at about 14% per year, making chiropractics the second fastest growing area of CAM. An aging population generates demand for their services. More than ten years ago Gerald Celente, president of the Trends Research Institute, presented the results of a study of the chiropractic market. The Institute “forecasts a major health/fitness/nutrition revolution.” This revolution is being fueled by the aging baby boomers who dread the possibility of “languishing years away as inmates in nursing homes.” This segment of the population will spend increasing amounts of money trying to hold on to their youthful vigor while maintaining and improving their health (Dynamic Chiropractic December 2, 1996).

Chiropractors responded to this opportunity and at least half of them now offer a range of health treatments extending far beyond the musculoskeletal specialty. They appreciate technology, follow the lead of integrative medicine, and tend to embrace devices that make them more effective healers. For these reasons a rapidly growing number of chiropractors are implementing Eng3′s Activated Air devices in their clinics. Since Activated Air can help make other treatments more effective, it is a natural fit.

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Low Heart Rate Variability (HRV), Depression, and Heart Attack

Activated Air, Sports, Fitness and Oxidative Stress

Breathing Activated Air when it is hard to breathe through your nose

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Part II

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