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Source; msn news, 18th April 2017 Some overweight women and some women with PCOS have a hard time controlling their blood sugar levels, and this can make dieting and weight loss particularly difficult. Amazingly it appears that just one electroacupuncture treatment can reduce blood sugar, in much the same way that vigorous exercise does. Repeated […]
Anna Benrick et al, FASEB Journal, April 12, 2017, doi: 10.1096/fj.201601381R Foundation of American Experimental Biology Journal Applying just one session of low frequency electroacupuncture has been shown to reduce blood sugar in overweight women with PCOS. This adds to the mounting evidence we have that indicates that electroacupuncture is a valid and desirable […]
Source; SBS News, AAP. 18th July 2017 Our colleagues at Western Sydney Uni have released a paper proving something many of our patients already know, acupuncture helps period pain. And the effects last up to a year. When period pain improves, not only does quality of life look up, but we know from our […]
Jang et al, Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2016;2016:5936402 Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine One of the main concerns with PCOS is elevated insulin levels and abdominal obesity. A reduction in these is correlated with better ovary function in patients with PCOS. This review examined the effect of Chinese herbs on such parameters […]
Yang Wang et al, 2016, BMJ Acup Med, Vol 34, Issue 5 BMJ Acupuncture in Medicine This study from Beijing examined the effect of electro-acupuncture on women who were diagnosed with poor ovarian reserve, indicated by their baseline FSH level being elevated on Day 2 or 3 of their menstrual cycle, ie between and […]
Junyoung Jo and Yoon Jae Lee, 2017 Acup in Med, online British Medical Journal; Acupuncture in Medicine A review of randomly selected and controlled trials that examined the effect of acupuncture on 430 PCOS patients undergoing IVF, indicates that acupuncture (both electro acupuncture and manual acupuncture) improved pregnancy rates and reduced the risk of […]
Qian Y et al, 2016 Arch Gynecol Obstet Dec p 1-16 Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics Data from nearly six and a half thousand women undergoing IVF reveals that acupuncture improves pregnancy rates especially when it is carried out in the stimulation phase of the IVF cycle when the follicles are developing. In general […]
Shen C et al, 2015 Gynecol Obstet Invest 79:1-12 Gynecological and Obstetric Investigations A review of 21 Random Control trials (that included nearly 5,500 patients) concluded that while acupuncture administered to IVF patients only at the time of embryo transfer did not confer any significant advantage, acupuncture administered during the IVF cycle stimulation phase […]
HU Wenxiao, J Taishan Med College. 2016, (9):1029-1031 Journal of Taishan Medical College Researchers in Taishan medical university discovered that when they gave women with anovulatory infertility Clomid alongside acupuncture and moxibustion treatment, they did significantly better than those who had just Clomid, or Clomid plus estrogen. The blood flow to the uterus and […]
Zheng Y et al, J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2015 Dec;41(12):1905-11 The Journal of Obstetric and Gynecological Research 240 women with poor ovarian reserve who were undergoing IVF treatment, were divided into either a group that received electrostimulation to acupuncture points or into a control group. The study showed that the 56 women who received […]
Hantoushzadeh S et al, Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2007 Feb;47(1):26-30. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology A reduction in pain and in labour duration was observed in women receiving acupuncture in this trial which involved 144 women giving birth for the first time.
Aghdam S, Daryabakhsh A, IJOG, 2012;15(27):14-20 Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility. Using simple acupressure on an acupuncture point in the hand was shown to help women in labour in this trial in Iran. The women who received acupressure to point Hegu, or LI 4, found they had shorter labours and experienced less […]