Thursday, April 8, 2010

Acupuncture choosen as treatment for Infertility

Dr James Smith of the University of California, San Francisco, USA, who led a recent study on the effectiveness of alternatives to mainstream medicine in fertility cases, suggested to his peer group, that couples struggling to achieve pregnancy are more likely to seek out any treatment that offers hope

During the study, 29 per cent of the couples reported using some form of complementary and alternative medicine: 22 per cent underwent acupuncture, 17 per cent used herbal therapy, five per cent had body work such as chiropractic or massage, and one per cent tried meditation.

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