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  • Acupuncture Enhances Fertility Treatment, Lowers Adverse Effects

    Acupuncture boosts the efficaciousness of fertility treatments. Three independent studies confirm that acupuncture increases positive patient outcome rates. Two studies find acupuncture effective for increasing the the efficacy of clomifene for the treatment of infertility due to ovulatory dysfunction. Another study finds acupuncture effective for reducing the adverse effects caused by ...
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  • Young Woman with Severe Endometriosis Finds Pain Relief and a Solution to Infertility With Acupuncture

    Acupuncture , Fertility , IVF Success found through combination of acupuncture and IVF! Heather Huddleston is a young woman who has struggled with severe endometriosis since puberty. At the age of 19, she had her first of many surgeries. It was so extreme that the surgeon told her she would never have children—he had removed 2/3 of one ovary and 7/8 of the other. Drugs and surgery were the ...
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  • The Surprising Way That Acupuncture Helps with Fertility

    https://local.google.com/place?id=7867415309338798506... If you have been trying to conceive within a year and have been unable to do so, then you might be infertile. Infertility is a common issue, affecting as many as 15 percent of couples. What Causes Infertility? There are several things that cause infertility. One of the most common in women is polycystic ovarian syndrome or PCOS. This ...
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  • What are the benefits of fertility-acupuncture?

    Acupuncture strongly and effectively stimulates blood flow to the uterus and the ovaries. The uterus benefits because it has more nutrient products delivered which can either thicken it and/or make it more amenable to implantation of an embryo. Poor uterine quality is often the culprit for ‘implantation-failure’. The eggs also benefit as a result of increased blood flow.The uterine artery feeds ...
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  • Effects of acupuncture on rates of pregnancy and live birth among women undergoing in vitro fertilization: systematic review and metaanalysis. Manheimer E et al. BMJ 2008;336 pg 545-549 British Medical Journal

    The authors concluded, ―The odds ratio of 1.65 suggests that acupuncture increased the odds of clinical pregnancy by 65% compared with the control groups… In absolute terms 10 patients would need to be treated with acupuncture to bring about one additional clinical pregnancy. These are clinically relevant benefits.‖ And when they analyzed the 4 trials that measured live births in addition to ...
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  • IVF Success : Scientific Studies Show Repeated Success with Combined Acupuncture and IVF Treatment

    In April 2002, a German scientific study showed a much higher clinical pregnancy rate in women undergoing both acupuncture and IVF treatment compared to those receiving IVF without acupuncture (42.5% versus 26.3%). The results of the study stunned a scientific community often skeptical of natural fertility treatment methods, and researchers quickly tried to test the results to see if they were ...
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  • Research Concerning Acupuncture and Infertility

    According to the M ayo Clinic website, 10-15% of couples suffer from infertility. Infertility is defined as not achieving pregnancy while having sex without birth control for six months to a year or longer. According to this study from Tel Aviv University in Israel, women who used acupuncture and Chinese herbs were able to conceive at a higher rate and carry their babies to full term than women ...
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  • Why do you think so many women turn to holistic practices when dealing with infertility?

    How Acupuncture and Other Holistic Practices May Positively Impact Fertility INFERTILITY OCTOBER 29, 2019 If you haven’t experienced infertility thus far in your own family planning, chances are, you know at least one person who has. The truth is that 1 in 8 couples in the U.S. experiences infertility in some way – and the process and procedures can be scary for those who do. This is compounded by ...
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  • This is the first of a series of ‘Ask Mike’ publications. Mike Berkley answers questions about the benefits of using acupuncture to address specific infertility-related conditions.

    In the first of a series of ‘Ask Mike’ publications Mike Berkley answers questions about the benefits of using acupuncture to address specific conditions. What are the benefits of using acupuncture when treating a patient with PCOS? PCOS is both an endocrinologic as well as a metabolic disorder. The patient can present with polycystic ovaries, hyperandrogenism, hirsutism, and hyperinsulinemia. ...
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  • Research Concerning Acupuncture and Infertility

    According to the Mayo Clinic Website , 10-15% of couples suffer from infertility. Infertility is defined as not achieving pregnancy while having sex without birth control for six months to a year or longer. According to this study from Tel Aviv University in Israel, women who used acupuncture and Chinese herbs were able to conceive at a higher rate and carry their babies to full term than women ...
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  • Acupuncture Improves Pregnancy Rates

    Acupuncture boosts clinical pregnancy rates and balances biochemistry in infertility patients with a thin endometrium. First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University researchers combined acupuncture with standard drug therapy. They determined that acupuncture plus estradiol valerate drug therapy produced superior patient outcomes compared with patients using only estradiol valerate. ...
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