Research

News: Acupuncture doubles chance of having a baby with IVF, study suggests

​News: Acupuncture Helps Stanford Intensive Care Infants.
 

Acupuncture and IVF/ ICSI
 

Video:  Acupuncture, Stress and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
 

A fertility specialist talks about how acupuncture can benefit women going through IVF.
 

Can acupuncture and IVF go hand in hand? Sandy Goodman MD of Reproductive Medicine Group, Florida and Kym Caporale, L.Ac discuss stress reduction, acupuncture and IVF in this short, interactive video.
 

Effects of acupuncture on pregnancy rates in women undergoing in vitro fertilization: a systematic review and meta-analysis
 

Cui Hong Zheng, M.D.; Ph.D.a, Guang Ying Huang, M.D., Ph.D.a; Ming Min Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.b; Wei Wang, M.D., Ph.D.c.. Fertility and Sterility. 1-11-2012.
 

Acupuncture improves Clinical Pregnancy Rates (CPR) and Live Birth Rates (LBR) among women undergoing IVF. Appropriate acupuncture times (around the time of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH), or oocyte aspiration (OA), or through the time of COH to the time of OA), enough treatment courses (at least four sessions) and syndrome differentiation and treatment according to individual characteristics should be strongly considered in the acupuncture programs.
 

Effects of Acupuncture on LIF and IL-12 in Rats of Implantation Failure
 

Gui, Juan; Xiong, Fan; Li, Jing; Huang, Guangying.American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. Am J Reprod Immunol. 1600-0897. 2012.
 

According to the study, Acupuncture could improve the poor receptive state of endometrium by promoting LIF and IL-12 secretion to improve blastocyst implantation.
 

Increase of success rate for women undergoing embryo transfer by transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation: a prospective randomized placebo-controlled study
 

Conclusion(s): Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation, especially double TEAS, significantly improved the clinical outcome of embryo transfer
 

Effect of acupuncture on the outcome of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
 

Dieterle S et al, Fertil Steril 2006 Vol 85, pg 1347-1351 Fertility and Sterility
 

Conclusion: Luteal-phase acupuncture has a positive effect on the outcome of IVF/ICSI
 

Acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer significantly improves the reproductive outcome in infertile women
 

Westergaard L et al, Fertil Steril 2006 Vol 85, pg 1341-1346
 

Conclusion: Acupuncture on the day of ET significantly improves the reproductive outcome of IVF/ICSI, compared with no acupuncture. Repeating acupuncture on ET day +2 provided no additional beneficial effect.
 

Reduction of blood flow impedance in the uterine arteries of infertile women with electro-acupuncture
 

Stener-Victorin E, et al Hum Reprod 1996; 11:1314-1317. Human Reproduction
 

Conclusion: This study reported in Human Reproduction (the official journal of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) shows that after 8 acupuncture treatments blood flow to the uterus was markedly increased.

 Acupuncture is effective treatment for Chronic Pain
The researchers, who published their results in Archives of Internal Medicine found that acupuncture outperformed sham treatments and standard care when used by people suffering from osteoarthritis, migraines and chronic back, neck and shoulder pain.