Fertility & Sterility 2006 May;85(5):1347-51. Epub 2006 Apr 17. Effect of acupuncture on the outcome of in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a randomized, prospective, controlled clinical study. Dieterle S, Ying G, Hatzmann W, Neuer A. Source Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Witten/Herdecke, Dortmund, Germany. Dieterle@IVF-Dortmund.de Abstract OBJECTIVE: To determine […] Read more…
Fertility and Sterility Volume 92, Issue 6 , Pages 1870-1879, December 2009 Changes in serum cortisol and prolactin associated with acupuncture during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in women undergoing in vitro fertilization–embryo transfer treatment Received 22 May 2008; received in revised form 24 October 2008; accepted 28 October 2008. published online 31 December 2008. Objective: To […] Read more…
Quantitative evaluation of spermatozoa ultrastructure afteracupuncture treatment for idiopathic male infertility Jian Pei, Ph.D., Erwin Strehler, M.D., Ulrich Noss, M.D., Markus Abt, Ph.D., Paola Piomboni, Ph.D., Baccio Baccetti, Ph.D., Karl Sterzik, M.D. Received 19 February 2004; accepted 23 December 2004. Objective To evaluate the ultramorphologic sperm features of idiopathic infertile men after acupuncture therapy. Design Prospective controlled study. Setting Christian-Lauritzen-Institut, Ulm, IVF center Munich, Germany, and Department […] Read more…
European Journal of Integrative Medicine Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages e77-e81, June 2011 Acupuncture and Chinese herbal treatment for women undergoing intrauterine insemination Aim To assess the effect of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM, acupuncture and medicinal herbs) as a therapeutic adjuvant to ovulation induction with intrauterine insemination (IUI) procedures and evaluate its contribution to pregnancy […] Read more…