Fertility

Lora Shahine and Stephanie Gianarelli were recently interviewed for the radio show, Inspirational Women. They spoke about integrative medicine, especially in the field of fertility.  Listen to the...

Stephanie recently spoke about her new book, Planting the Seeds of Pregnancy, at a fertility conference in Richmond, Virginia, Taking Control of Your Ticking Clock.

Stephanie And Lora recently gave a talk for the organization, Science on Tap, about their new book! It was a great event. Science on Tap hosts one lecture...

Convincing new research on Whole Systems Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and IVF.On live births with donor cycles: TCM was associated with a three fold increase in live birth...

My most recent nutritional bio-hacking experiment involved a five month personal trial of the Ketogenic diet after listening to some interesting interviews with Dave Asprey, Dominic D’Agostino Phd,...

Here is a link to a great article written by Lee Hullender Rubin, LAc, DAOM, from Portland, OR.  The article discusses how much acupuncture is appropriate in order...

A new study by Seattle Reproductive Medicine shows that frozen donor eggs as efficient as fresh!  See Article.

There are studies showing BPA levels may decrease male fertility and increase risk of miscarriage.  BPA is a synthetic estrogen found in the lining of cans and hard...

Research suggests that acupuncture helps activate the parasympathetic nervous system’s “relaxation response,” as well as boosting the nervous system’s production of mood-improving endorphins and encephalins.  Here’s the link.

An interesting study has been released showing the adverse effects of BPAs on human eggs, with some of the eggs actually acting like they are already fertilized!  Here’s...

Recent research shows that exercise affects your epigenetics (changes in gene expression).  Here’s the article!

A great article on the benefits of integrating Eastern and Western medicine to increase the success of ART (assisted reproductive technology)! 

Here is a great article on how Eastern fertility medicine increases Western fertility medicine outcomes!  But, we knew this already!!Article.

Male factor infertility often responds well to Traditional Chinese Medicine. Whether it is low count, motility, morphology or another male factor issue, Chinese medicine can often help.Here’s a...

Another reason to eat organic!This Washington Post article discusses the affects of herbicides on fertility.Could antibacterial soap be causing more infertility?Here is the Examiner article.

RESOLVE, the National Association of Infertility, gave Washington State a D on its fertility report card. Grades were based on the following information:Insurance mandate climate in stateLegislative climate...

A new study showed that IVF patients receiving acupuncture and moxibustion had pregnancy rates 500% higher than control groups and more than 300% higher than the sham acupuncture...

A Harvard study recently showed that men who watched more than 20 hours a week of TV had 44% lower sperm concentration.  However, those who are watching lots...

A diet high in grains and fruit and low in coffee, alcohol, and red meat seems to enhance sperm motility, according to recent research.  In Chinese medicine, grains...

Chinese medicine has long recognized the link between diet and health, even with one’s reproductive potential.  Here is an article that discusses the link between a diet high...