Acupuncture in the news
Acupuncture alongside IVF is one of the most widely reported areas of complementary medicine. Over the years it has made headlines in The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, the Daily Mail and Time magazine, and new studies continue to add to the picture. Here we collect the coverage our patients most often ask about,
At The London Acupuncture Clinic we have specialised in fertility for 25 years, supporting 15,000 couples and more than 10,000 IVF cycles across our clinics in Marylebone, Chiswick and Windsor. We follow this research closely because it shapes how and when we treat.
Why Acupuncture Is Going Mainstream in Medicine – Time Magazine
Acupuncture doubles chance of having a baby with IVF, study suggests – The Telegraph
Acupuncture ‘doubles the chances of getting pregnant through IVF’ – The Mail
Acupuncture ‘boosts success rate of IVF’ – The Times
Acupuncture may help increase IVF success rates by 65% – The Guardian
Acupuncture can make IVF more comfortable, study says
A study from University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, published in Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health, followed 146 women through 202 embryo transfers. Women reported meaningful drops in anxiety, stress and pain after a single acupuncture session, and the hospital’s own fertility specialists noted that more IVF clinics are now building acupuncture into their services.
Effects of acupuncture on in vitro fertilization outcomes
Reports on an updated review in Archives of Gynaecology and Obstetrics that pooled 25 trials and 4,757 patients. Across the trials, clinical pregnancy rates were 43.6% with acupuncture against 33.2% without, and live birth rates 38.0% against 28.7%. Benefits were seen whether acupuncture was given during stimulation or around embryo transfer.