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INFERTILITY: Acupuncture doesn't boost IVF success for allFrom: Hope Waltman (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:14:52 -0500 (CDT)
"Despite the results of my own study, I still recommend acupuncture to women going through IVF because there's no downside," Domar added, aside from the $150 an acupuncturist would typically charge -- a small fraction of the $12,000 to $14,000 couples typically spent on a single round of IVF. Nobody knows how exactly acupuncture might boost IVF success, Domar said, although she suggests that it has something to do with a woman's mental state at the time of embryo transfer. Most researchers looking at IVF have focused on medical aspects, for example how many embryos are transferred or how many cycles of IVF a woman completes, she added. "Our field has ignored the patient's emotional state around the time of embryo transfer. I think this acupuncture research is tapping in to that." SOURCE: Fertility and Sterility, March 2009. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_83032.html http://www.obgyn.net/infertility/infertility.asp Best Regards, Hope Waltman, WHF Moderator http://www.hopeforfibroids.org
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