Acupuncture Articles & Studies

Effects of Acupuncture on the Pregnancy Rate in Patients who Undergo Assisted Reproduction Therapy
This is the original study on acupuncture and IVF that made such a big splash. It was published in the Fertility and Sterility journal which is the internationally recognized peer reviewed journal for Reproductive Endocrinologists and other health care professionals in the field. One hundred and sixty patients were involved in the study; eighty received acupuncture just before and just after IVF transfer, the other eighty did not receive acupuncture treatment. The results: those who received acupuncture had an ongoing pregnancy rate of 42% and those who received sham acupuncture had ongoing pregnancy rates of 26%.
Source: American Society For Reporoductive Medicine / Elsevier Science Inc (Fertility & Sterility, Vol.77, No.4).
Publish Date: April, 2002
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Effects of Acupuncture on the Outcome of In Vitro Fertilization and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection: A Randomized, Prospective, Controlled Clinical Study
This study takes two hundred twenty five patients undergoing IVF/ICSI and gives some of them acupuncture on the day of transfer and then again three days later for implantation. The results: those who received acupuncture had an ongoing pregnancy rate of 33% and those who received sham acupuncture had ongoing pregnancy rates of 15%.
Source: American Society For Reporoductive Medicine / Elsevier Inc (Fertility & Sterility, Vol.85, No.5).
Publish Date: May, 2006
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Influence of Acupuncture Stimulation on Pregnancy Rates for Women Undergoing Embryo Transfer
This study looks at two hundred twenty eight women some of whom received real acupuncture with IVF transfer and some received sham acupuncture. The results: those who received acupuncture had an ongoing pregnancy rate of 28% and those who received sham acupuncture had ongoing pregnancy rates of 18%.
Source:American Society For Reporoductive Medicine / Elsevier Inc (Fertility & Sterility, Vol.85, No.5).
Publish Date: May, 2006
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Influence of Acupuncture Stimulation on Pregnancy Rates for Women Undergoing Embryo Transfer
This study looks at two hundred twenty eight women some of whom received real acupuncture with IVF transfer and some received sham acupuncture. The results: those who received acupuncture had an ongoing pregnancy rate of 28% and those who received sham acupuncture had ongoing pregnancy rates of 18%.
Source:American Society For Reporoductive Medicine / Elsevier Inc (Fertility & Sterility, Vol.85, No.5).
Publish Date: May, 2006
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Acupuncture has Numerous Potential Fertility-Boosting Benefits According to New York Weill Cornell Physician-Scientists
The synopsis of a Cornell study on acupuncture and fertility.
Source: Cornell News Release
Publish Date: April, 2003
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Acupuncture the Evidence
An interesting hour long special the BBC did on acupuncture. It shows someone getting open heart surgery using acupuncture anesthesia.
Source: Open University / BBC via Google™ Video
Publish Date: July, 2006
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Acupuncture - Real or Sham - Helps Back Pain
This is an interesting article showing that acupuncture (even when the needles are not put in specific points called "sham" acupuncture) gives more and longer lasting pain relief than conventional medicine alone.
Source: CNN.com/Health
Publish Date: 2007
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