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Acupuncture increases chances of success in IVF by 65%
Women undergoing IVF were 65 percent more likely to become pregnant when they combined the procedure with acupuncture, a recent study has shown. The remarkable ...

Acupuncture: Essential Part of IVF Success, Research Finds
Paul Magarelli, M.D., Ph.D., an infertility physician at the Reproductive Medicine & Fertility Center, and Diane Cridennda, L.Ac., an acupuncturist at East Winds, both centers ...

Acupuncture, Fertility Research Delivers Healthy Results
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been practiced for thousands of years. Amazingly, the first written gynecological records date back to the Shang dynasty (1500 BC- ...

Acupuncture May Help Some Men with Infertility Problems
A study published in the July 2005 issue of the journal Fertility and Sterility found that acupuncture helped infertile men by apparently helping improve sperm ...

Fertility, Naturally
“It can be frightening, this yearning for a child — it’s hard to fathom the desperate urgency.” —Wendy Wasserstein, award-winning playwright and first-time mother at ...

Acupuncture: a Fertile Idea
Can acupuncture offer a natural fertility aid to couples struggling to get pregnant?  Just ask the McSheffertys.Remember that expression, “Only your hairdresser knows for sure”? ...

Alternative Medicine: Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Infertility
Alternative Medicine versus Traditional MedicineAlthough the goals of alternative medicine and traditional medicine are the same, their ideas about what causes a disease, the nature ...

HOW TO PREPARE YOUR MIND & BODY TO SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE YOUR FERTILITY
As the Baby Boomers edge into seniority, much of the subsequent generation has placed a greater focus on developing careers than creating a family. Many ...

Best of Both Worlds - Acupuncture and ART can Improve Fertility
(This is the 2nd article in a series on fertility. Part 1, The ABCs of Fertility: Acupuncture, Babies, and Chinese Medicine was published on this ...

ABCs of Fertility: Acupuncture, Babies, Chinese Medicine - Part 1
Many women get pregnant easily, but it is unlikely that they are reading this article. For other couples, having a baby may be more difficult ...

Chinese Medicine and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, or PCOS, has also been known by the name Stein-Leventhal Syndrome, and includes a multi system presentation, having its effects on the ...

Chinese Medicine and Assisted Reproductive Technology for the Modern Couple
Background Acupuncture and Herbal Therapy are ancient Chinese methods used for the treatment and prevention of disease. These systems are as ancient and effective ...

Aumento de la fertilidad con Acupuntura y Medicina Tradicional
Acupuntura y Medicina Tradicional Aumento de la fertilidad con acupuntura La acupuntura, la herbolaria y la medicina tradicional han existido desde hace miles de ...

What's in the Meaning of Low Sperm Count?
Generally a "low sperm count" diagnosis for a man is a devastating blow. The alleged measure of one's "maleness" has somehow been tipped in the ...

Reproductive Fertility Qi Gong Exercises
Preparing to have children is perhaps a new concept for an optimistic couple in a modern world. Why "prepare" to have children? Why is there ...

Acupuncture Treats Infertility
Evidence that Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine have been used to aid fertility can be found in early medical literature dating back to 3AD. The condition ...