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Category: Studies

Pregnancy: Some Depression Relief, Without Drugs

Posted on March 8, 2014

By RONI CARYN RABIN Published: February 24, 2010 , New York Times Up to a quarter of all women suffer from depression during pregnancy, and many are reluctant to take antidepressants. Now a new study suggests that acupuncture may provide some relief during pregnancy, even though it has not been found to be effective against […]

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Study: Decoding an Ancient Therapy: High-Tech Tools Show How Acupuncture Works in Treating Arthritis, Back Pain, Other Ills

Posted on March 8, 2014

By MELINDA BECK, March 23, 2010, Wall Street Journal Acupuncture has long baffled medical experts and no wonder: It holds that an invisible life force called qi (pronounced chee) travels up and down the body in 14 meridians. Illness and pain are due to blockages and imbalances in qi. Inserting thin needles into the body […]

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Food Myths: Bamboozled By The Soy Hype

Posted on March 8, 2014

By Marlene Merritt, DOM, LAc, ACN What I’ve seen in my years of adding nutrition to my practice, is that a lot of people “know” certain things about food. “Know” in the sense that we don’t question the thought anymore. Like we “knew” that low-fat diets were healthy, right? (see my article titled “Big, Fat […]

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The role of acupuncture in the management of subfertility

Posted on March 8, 2014

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Effects of acupuncture and moxa treatment in patients with semen abnormalities

Posted on March 8, 2014

Gurfinkel E, Cedenho AP, Yamamura Y, Srougi M Asian J Androl 2003; 5:345-8 Abstract AIM: To evaluate the effect of Chinese Traditional Medicine, acupuncture and moxa treatment, on the semen quality in patients with semen abnormalities. METHODS: In a prospective, controlled and blind study, nineteen patients, aged 24 years approximately 42 years and married for […]

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Acupuncture associated with beneficial regulation of cortisol, prolactin during IVF

Posted on March 8, 2014

Source: Fertility and Sterility 2008; Advance online publication Investigating whether there are changes in serum levels of the stress hormones cortisol and prolactin in IVF patients treated with acupuncture. MedWire News: Study results suggest a beneficial regulation of serum cortisol and prolactin in women treated with acupuncture during the medication phase of IVF. Previous studies […]

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Study: Acupuncture Helps PCOS Patients

Posted on March 8, 2014

The following article was published in Acupuncture Today, April 2011 issue: Acupuncture Today April, 2011, Vol. 12, Issue 04 By Editorial Staff The common disorder – marked by irregular or no ovulation/menstruation and ovaries full of immature eggs – is known to affect up to 10 percent of all women of child-bearing age in the […]

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Acupuncture and good prognosis IVF patients: Synergy

Posted on March 8, 2014

To determine the role of electro stimulation acupuncture and traditional combined with auricular acupuncture on IVF outcomes in good prognosis patients. Design Retrospective case controlled clinical study. Acupuncture Consortium for treatment standardization. Reproductive EndocrinologysInfertility IVF Private Practice and Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture Clinics. Materials and methods One hundred fourteen infertile patients undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation […]

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Role of acupuncture in the treatment of female infertility

Posted on March 8, 2014

Raymond Chang, M.D.[a,b] Pak H. Chung, M.D.[b] and Zev Rosenwaks, M.D.[c] FERTILITY AND STERILITY® VOL. 78, NO. 6, DECEMBER 2002 Copyright ©2002 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Published by Elsevier Science Inc., Printed on acid-free paper in U.S.A. Objective: To review existing scientific rationale and clinical data in the utilization of acupuncture in the treatment […]

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Acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer significantly improves the reproductive outcome in infertile women: a prospective, randomized trial

Posted on March 8, 2014

Lars G. Westergaard, M.D., Ph.D.a, Qunhui Mao, M.D.b, Marianne Krogslunda, Steen Sandrinic, Suzan Lenz, M.D., Ph.D.a, Jørgen Grinsted, M.D., Ph.D.a Received 25 January 2005; received in revised form 12 August 2005; accepted 12 August 2005 published online 5 April 2006 Objective: To evaluate the effect of acupuncture on reproductive outcome in patients treated with IVF/intracytoplasmic […]

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