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Changes in serum cortisol and prolactin associated with acupuncture during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in women undergoing in vitro fertilization–embryo transfer treatment.
Magarelli, et al. Fertility and Sterility, 2009

This study shows that acupuncture can significantly increase pregnancy rates, but not by reducing stress.

This study is the first to demonstrate that the use of acupuncture in patients with poor prognoses (elevated Peak FSH, longer history of infertility, poor sperm morphology) can achieve similar pregnancy rates to normal prognosis patients.

Acupuncture and Good Prognosis IVF Patients: Synergy
Magarelli, Cridennda, and Cohen 2004

In previously published data, Acupuncture was reserved for Poorer Prognosis patients and enhanced outcomes were observed. In this study, it was shown that Good Prognosis patients would also benefit from inclusion of published Acupuncture protocols. This is also the first publication of Birth outcome data in Acupuncture treated IVF patients. Acupuncture significantly increased birth outcomes; it significantly decreased ectopic pregnancies and miscarriage rates

Acupuncture: Impact on Pregnancy Outcomes in IVF Patients
Magarelli, Cridennda, and Cohen 2004

IVF programs can significantly improve their IVF outcomes ( PR, THB, SAB and Ectopic) by adding acupuncture protocols, specifically Steiner Victorin and Paulus. Further studies of Traditional Chine Medicine modalities of treatment are underway. We are organizing a multicenter prospective study to confirm our observations.

Reduction of blood flow impedance in the uterine arteries of infertile women with electroacupuncture
Elisabet Stener-Victorin, Urban Waldenström, Sven A. Andersson and Matts Wikland

These findings suggest that a series of electroacupuncture treatments increases the uterine artery blood flow.

Influence of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate in patients who undergo assisted reproduction therapy
Wolfgang E. Paulus, M.D., Department of Reproductive Medicine, Christian-Lauritzen-Institut. Mingmin Zhang, M.D., Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China. Erwin Strehler, M.D., Department of Reproductive Medicine, Christian-Lauritzen-Institut. Imam El-Danasouri, Ph.D., Department of Reproductive Medicine, Christian-Lauritzen-Institut. and Karl Sterzik, M.D. Department of Reproductive Medicine, Christian-Lauritzen-Institut

Clinical pregnancies were documented in 34 of 80 patients (42.5%) in the acupuncture group, whereas pregnancy rate was only 26.3% (21 out of 80 patients) in the control group.

Acupuncture Treatment For Infertile Women Undergoing Intracytoplasmic Sperm injection - Sandra L. Emmons, MD, Phillip Patton, MD

Acupuncture may be a useful adjunct to gonadotropin therapy to produce follicles in women undergoing in vitro fertilization.

Acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer significantly improves the reproductive outcome in infertile women: a prospective, randomized trial
Lars G. Westergaard, M.D., Ph.D., Qunhui Mao, M.D., Marianne Krogslund, Steen Sandrini, Suzan Lenz, M.D., Ph.D., and Jørgen Grinsted, M.D., Ph.D.

Acupuncture on the day of ET significantly improves the reproductive outcome of IVF/ICSI, compared with no acupuncture.

Acupuncture Normalizes Dysfunction of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovarian Axis
Bo-Ying Chen M.D., Professor of Neurobiology

Effects of Electro-Acupuncture on Nerve Growth Factor and Ovarian Morphology in Rats with Experimentally Induced Polycystic Ovaries
Elisabet Stener-Victorin, Thomas Lundeberg, Urban Waldenstrom, Luigi Manni, Luigi Aloe, Stefan Gunnarsson, and Per Olof Janson

The conclusion of this study is that repeated EA treatments reduce ovarian NGF concentrations to within normal ranges.

Effect of acupuncture on sperm parameters of males suffering from subfertility related to low sperm quality
Siterman et.al. Arch Androl, 39(2):155-61 1997 Sep-Oc

This study demonstrated that acupuncture can increase both sperm quality and quantity

Quantitative evaluation of spermatozoa ultrastructure after acupuncture treatment for idiopathic male infertility.
Pei J. et.al. Fertil Steril. 2005 Jul;84(1):141-7.

This study showed that men receiving acupuncture had statistically significant improvements in sperm morphology

Using acupuncture to treat premenstrual syndrome.
Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2002 Nov;267(1):23-6. Habek D, Habek JC, Barbir A.

The success rate of AP in treating PMS symptoms was 77.8%, whereas it was 5.9%. in the placebo group.

Acupuncture and cancer.
Auton Neurosci. 2010 Jun 3. [Epub ahead of print]
- A potential role for acupuncture was found in the following cancer symptoms: pain, nausea and vomiting, xerostomia, hot flushes, fatigue, anxiety, depression and insomnia. *Acupuncture is safe with minimal side-effects, and is clinically effective for the management of these symptoms.*