by Jennifer Dubowsky | Mar 9, 2016 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Fertility, Acupuncture and IVF, Acupuncture Research, Acupuncture/Chinese Medicine Research, Chinese Medicine, Fertility, Health, Infertility, IVF, Menstrual Cycle
A very recent study in China observed the positive effects of “menstrual cycle-based acupuncture therapy” on specific patients undergoing treatment with IVF (In vitro-fertilization). The research was designed to look for changes in ovarian function and...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Sep 16, 2013 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Fertility, Acupuncture and IVF, Books, Chinese Medicine, Chinese Medicine and Fertility, Fertility, Infertility, IVF
In my Chicago acupuncture practice, I treat many women who want to increase their chances of getting pregnant. I’ve had a good deal of success with this problem – it doesn’t surprise me because more and more studies are finding out about the...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jun 4, 2013 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Fertility, Acupuncture Research, Chinese Medicine, Fertility, Infertility
I recently read another endorsement for using acupuncture to treat fertility problems. The director, Lai Jung-nien, of the Chinese Medicine Division at Taipei City Hospital’s Yang-Ming branch reminded people that recent studies show acupuncture can...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Apr 15, 2013 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Fertility, Acupuncture and IVF, Acupuncture Research, Chinese Medicine, Chinese Medicine and The Menstrual Cycle, Clomid, Fertility, Infertility, IVF, Menstrual Cycle
In 2012, a new Chinese study reported that acupuncture was more effective than Clomifene (better known as Clomid) for the treatment of infertility. It was a small study, using 65 women who were infertile because of problems with ovulation. They were divided into...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jul 14, 2012 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Celebrities, Acupuncture and Fertility, Celebrities and Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine, Chinese Medicine and Fertility, Fertility, Infertility, Real Housewives
On last week’s episode, Real Housewife of New York, Countess Lu Ann De Lessups was treated with acupuncture for her fertility problems. If you follow the show, and I do, you remember that after a painful divorce from her former husband, the Count, Lu Ann found love...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jun 26, 2012 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Fertility, Acupuncture and IVF, Chinese Medicine, Chinese Medicine and Fertility, Electro-Acupuncture, Fertility, Infertility, IVF
The website HealthCMI recently wrote about new research from China which concludes that treatment with electroacupuncture improves pregnancy outcome and pregnancy rates for couples using IVF.Researchers discovered that electroacupuncture increases blood levels of the...
