Fertility Research & Clinical Evidence
Natural Conception
Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine: Prior to Conception: The Role of an Acupuncture Protocol in Improving Women's Reproductive Functioning Assessed by a Pilot Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Acupuncture for infertility: is it an effective therapy?
NCBI: The role of acupuncture in the management of subfertility
ScienceDaily: Increasing Fertility Threefold With DHEA?
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Perspectives of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners in the support and treatment of infertility.
IUI/IVF Support
Reproductive Biomedicine online: The impact of food intake and social habits on embryo quality
Fertility and Sterility: Comparison of Stress Levels in Women Undergoing Single Versus Multiple Acupuncture Session Prior to Embryo Transfer
Fertility and Sterility: Live births in women who integrate whole systems traditional Chinese medicine with IVF: does age matter?
Fertility and Sterility: Antioxidant intervention promotes cell survival and balance within the ovary and improved IVF outcomes
Reproductive Biomedicine online: Impact of whole systems traditional Chinese medicine on in-vitro fertilization outcomes.
Acupuncture in Medicine: Journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society: Influence of acupuncture on the outcomes of in vitro fertilisation when embryo implantation has failed: a prospective randomised controlled clinical trial
Fertility and Sterility: Influence of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate in patients who undergo assisted reproduction therapy
ScienceDirect: Acupuncture and Chinese herbal treatment for women undergoing intrauterine insemination
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice: The relationship between perceived stress, acupuncture, and pregnancy rates among IVF patients: A pilot study
Fertility and Sterility: Changes in serum cortisol and Prolactin associated with acupuncture during controlled ovarian hyper-stimulation in women undergoing in vitro fertilization–embryo transfer treatment
British Medical Journal: Effects of acupuncture on rates of pregnancy and live birth among women undergoing in vitro fertilization: systematic review and meta-analysis
BioNews Article: Use of acupuncture before and after embryo transfer
NCBI: Use of mitochondrial nutrients to improve outcome of IVF in older patients
Guardian.co.uk: Alcohol hinders having a baby through IVF, couples warned
Reproductive Biology Insights: Caffeine, Alcohol, and Psychological Stress and In Vitro Fetilization
ScienceDaily: What Makes a Good Egg and Healthy Embryo? Zinc Discovery May Help in Future Fertility Treatments
Journal of Ovarian Reseach: Myo-inositol therapy for poor-responders during IVF: a prospective controlled observational trial.
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics: Myo-inositol is a promising treatment for the prevention of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS): an animal study
Middle East Fertility Society Journal: Clomiphene-acetyl cysteine combination as a new protocol to a friendly IVF cycle
Human Reproduction: Adjuvant L-arginine treatment for in-vitro fertilization in poor responder patients
High FSH/Diminished Ovarian Reserve
Acupuncture in Medicine: Journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society: Electroacupuncture for reproductive hormone levels in patients with diminished ovarian reserve: a prospective observational study
NCBI: DHEA Supplementation positively affects spontaneous pregnancies in women with diminished ovarian function
Perimenopause: Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and ovarian reserve in premenopausal women.
Human Fertility: Influence of nutrition on the decline of ovarian reserve and subsequent onset of natural menopause.
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Effect of acupuncture on premature ovarian failure
Donor Cycles
Reproductive Biomedicine Online: Impact of whole systems traditional Chinese medicine on in-vitro fertilization outcomes.
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine: Acupuncture and in vitro fertilization: a retrospective chart review
Fertility and Sterility: Influence of vitamin D levels on in vitro fertilization outcomes in donor-recipient cycles
Pregnancy Loss and Pregnancy Support
Reproductive Biomedicine Online: N-acetyl Cysteine for Treatment of Recurrent Unexplained Pregnancy Loss
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Acupuncture as a therapeutic treatment option for threatened miscarriage.
Obstetrics & Gynecology: Acupuncture for Depression During Pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
ScienceDaily: Caffeine Is Linked to Miscarriage Risk, New Study Shows
The American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition: Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with increased risk of first-trimester miscarriage in the Odense Child Cohort
American Journal of Reproductive Immunology: Effect of Coenzyme Q10 on Th1/Th2 Paradigm in Females with Idiopathic Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Endometriosis
European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology: Is acupuncture in addition to conventional medicine effective as pain treatment for endometriosis? A random controlled cross-over trial
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology: Japanese-style acupuncture for endometriosis-related pelvic pain in adolescents and young women: results of a randomized sham-controlled trial.
Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets: Targeting oxidative stress to treat endometriosis
Dove Press: Is acupuncture effective of the treatment of pain in endometriosis?
Acupuncture & Electro-therapeutics Research: The Molecular Mechanistic Effect of Acupuncture in Endometriosis Management
PCOS
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology: Circulating gonadotropins and ovarian adiponectin system are modulated by acupuncture independently of sex steroid or β-adrenergic action in a female hyperandrogenic rat model of polycystic ovary syndrome.
American Journal for Physiology, Endocrinology and Metabolism: Acupuncture for ovulation induction in polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.
NCBI: Current evidence of acupuncture on polycystic ovarian syndrome
Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Effectiveness of abdominal acupuncture for patients with obesity-type polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.
Journal of Biological Regulators and homeostatic Agents: Effect of myo-inositol and alpha-lipoic acid on oocyte quality in polycystic ovary syndrome non-obese women undergoing in vitro fertilization: a pilot study.
PCOS One: The Gut Microbiome Is Altered in a Letrozole-Induced Mouse Model of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
Fertility and Sterility: N-acetyl-cysteine is a novel adjuvant to clomiphene citrate in clomiphene citrate–resistant patients with polycystic ovary syndrome
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecologic Research: Chromium picolinate reduces insulin resistance in polycystic ovary syndrome: Randomized controlled trial.
Male factor
Spermatogenesis: Electroacupuncture enhances spermatogenesis in rats after scrotal heat treatment.
ScienceDaily: Smoking Damages Men’s Sperm and Also the Numbers of Germ and Somatic Cells in Developing Embryos
ScienceDirect: Zinc Levels in Seminal Plasma are Associated with Sperm Quality in Fertile and Infertile Men
NCBI: Does acupuncture treatment affect sperm density in males with very low sperm count? A pilot study
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology: The importance of the one carbon cycle nutritional support in human male fertility: a preliminary clinical report
Dysmenorrhea
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Controlled acupuncture in the treatment of patients with primary dysmenorrhea.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Efficacy of Acupuncture in the Management of Primary Dysmenorrhea.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture and or Moxibustion for Managing Primary Dysmenorrhea.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Acupuncture to Treat Primary Dysmenorrhea in Women.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Acupuncture for Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Potential Mechanism from an Anti-Inflammatory Perspective.
PMS/PMDD
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Effects and treatment methods of acupuncture and herbal medicine for premenstrual syndrome/premenstrual dysphoric disorder.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Acupuncture for Premenstrual Syndrome at Different Intervention Time.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Altered fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation in women with premenstrual syndrome via acupuncture.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Altered Brain Regional Homogeneity Following Electro-Acupuncture Stimulation in Women With Premenstrual Syndrome.
Perimenopause and Menopause Support
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Electroacupuncture versus Sham Acupuncture for Perimenopausal Insomnia.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Acupuncture-adjuvant therapies for treating perimenopausal depression.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Acupuncture in Menopause.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Acupuncture-adjuvant therapies for treating perimenopausal depression.
Healthline: Acupuncture for Menopause: How This Alternative Therapy Brought Me Relief
Evidence Based Acupuncture: Acupuncture for Menopausal Symptoms.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Efficacy of a standardized acupuncture approach for women with bothersome menopausal symptoms.