Research

We are honored to have not one but two fertility enhancement books written by providers here at Acupuncture Northwest & Associates.  Dr. Cindy Lawrence has just written, The Elements of Fertility  an evidenced based fertility ebook. It was published in 2018. The Elements of...

A new meta analysis published in 2019 has found that acupuncture around embryo transfer increases success rates. This research looked at 20 trials and over 5000 women. The outcome showed that not only did success rates increase but the number...

Manual therapy for fertility enhancement is an effective treatment that should be incorporated into treatment plans for patients having a difficult time trying to conceive naturally and/or with the help of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART). For women struggling to get...

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 rate. On non-donor cycles: TCM increased almost doubles live births. Reduced biochemical pregnancies by...

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 to increase your chances of success when undergoing IVF.

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 plastics.  It is slowly being phased out but is still in most...

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.

This study is fascinating! Healthy lifestyle positively affected the DNA in men.  Here’s the link. (Thanks Dr. Lee Hullender Rubin)

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