Holistic and Integrative Fertility Support

Infertility patients are a vulnerable group that often seek a non-medical solution for their failure to conceive. The Cochrane Collaboration's definition of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is "a broad domain of healing resources that encompasses all health systems, modalities, and practices and their accompanying theories and beliefs other than those intrinsic to the politically dominant health systems of a particular society or culture in a given historical period".

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Infertility affects about 15% of couples in Western-societies with most progressing to fertility clinics for treatment. Despite being common, infertility is often experienced as a lonely road for affected couples.

Abstract BACKGROUND Acupuncture has been used during IVF treatment as it may improve outcome, however, there are concerns about the true efficacy of this approach. This randomized double blind study aimed to compare real acupuncture with placebo acupuncture in patients undergoing IVF treatment.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of a non-invasive, manual soft-tissue physical therapy in opening completely blocked fallopian tubes in infertile women with confirmed bilateral occlusion and a history indicative of abdominopelvic adhesions. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis. SETTING: Clear Passage Therapies, Inc, clinic, Gainesville, Florida.

Abstract Objective To evaluate whether acupuncture improves rates of pregnancy and live birth when used as an adjuvant treatment to embryo transfer in women undergoing in vitro fertilisation. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources Medline, Cochrane Central, Embase, Chinese Biomedical Database, hand searched abstracts, and reference lists.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether hypnosis during ET contributes to successful IVF/ET outcome. DESIGN: Case-control clinical study. SETTING: Academic Fertility and IVF Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel. PATIENT(S): Infertile couples undergoing IVF. INTERVENTION(S): Ninety-eight IVF/ET cycles with hypnosis during the ET procedure were matched with 96 regular IVF/ET cycles.

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BACKGROUND: There is limited research describing the use of complementary medicines (CM) and therapies among patients with infertility. OBJECTIVE: (i) To examine the use of CM by subjects attending an infertility clinic at their first consultation and six months later; (ii) to examine men's and women's views on the effectiveness and safety of these practices; and (iii) to examine the documentation of the use of CMs and therapies in clinical notes.

Jongbae J. Park, K.M.D., Ph.D., 1,, 2 Myungja Kang, K.M.D., Ph.D., 3 Sangseop Shin, M.D., 3 Eunmi Choi, K.M.D., Ph.D., 3 Sukyung Kwon, K.M.D., 3 Hyosun Wee, K.M.D., 3 Bonghyun Nam, Ph.D., 4 and Ted J. Kaptchuk, O.M.D.

Abstract Background According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than three-quarters of the world's population rely upon complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for health care. The Cochrane Collaboration's definition of CAM is "a broad domain of healing resources that encompasses all health systems, modalities, and practices and their accompanying theories and beliefs other than those intrinsic to the politically dominant health systems of a particular society or culture in a given historical period".

Background Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) was defined by the Cochrane Collaboration as "a broad domain of healing resources that encompasses all health systems, modalities, and practices and their accompanying theories and beliefs other than those intrinsic to the politically dominant health systems of a particular society or culture in a given historical period".

Background Studies exploring the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to enhance fertility are limited. While Australian trends indicate that women are using CAM during pregnancy, little is known about women's use of CAM for fertility enhancement. With the rising age of women at first birth, couples are increasingly seeking assisted reproductive technologies (ART) to achieve parenthood.

Threatened miscarriage involves vaginal bleeding in a pregnancy that remains viable. This is a common early pregnancy complication with increased risk factors for early pregnancy loss, preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM), preterm delivery, low birth weight babies and maternal antepartum haemorrhage.

Abstract BACKGROUND There seems to be little discussion between patient and physician about the use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs), perhaps because they are not perceived to have adverse effects on fertility. We therefore compared ongoing pregnancy and live birth rate in spontaneous users and non-users of CAM during a 12-month period of assisted reproduction technique (ART) treatment.

Abstract Objective To determine the prevalence of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) use among couples seeking fertility care and to identify the predictors of CAM use in this population.

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Nutrition and Fertility - Proper functioning of mitochondria is critical for successful fertility Nalin Siriwardhana, Ph.D., interviewed Dr. Alex J. Polotsky, MD, MS., an expert in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology at University of Colorado Denver.