Resources, Links & Recommendations
Studies Cited Throughout this Website:
Pain and ACU
https://www.aafp.org/news/health-of-the-public/20180521acupuncture.html
https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/acupuncture-provides-true-pain-relief-in-study/
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1357513
Acupuncture for Chronic Pain Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis & Chronic Low Back Pain
Andrew J. Vickers, DPhil; Angel M. Cronin, MS; Alexandra C. Maschino, BS; et al
Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Study with Long-Term Follow-up
Carlsson, C., Clinical Journal of Pain, 2001; 17(4):296-305.
Fertility
Treatment of Infertility with Chinese Medicine
Lyttleton, Jane. Elsevier Limited, 2004
Influence of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate in patients who undergo assisted reproduction therapy
Wolfgang E Paulus, M.D. Correspondence information about the author M.D. Wolfgang E Paulus, Mingmin Zhang, M.D., Erwin Strebler, M.D., Inman El-Danasouri, Ph.D., Karl Sterzik, M.D. April 2002
Acupuncture and In Vitro Fertilization: A Retrospective Chart Review
Lee E. Hullender Rubin, DAOM, LAc, 1 Michael S. Opsahl, MD,2 Lisa Taylor-Swanson, MAcOM, LAc,3 andDeborah L. Ackerman, MS, PhD
Acupuncture performed before and after embryo transfer improves pregnancy rates
D.B Youran, B.L Bopp, R.M Colver, L.M Reuter, G.K. Adaniva
Acupuncture & IVF poor responders: a cure?
Magarelli P, Cridennda D, Fertil Steril,2004;81 Suppl 3 S20 Fertility and Sterility
Acupuncture Treatment For Infertile Women Undergoing Intracytoplasmic Sperm injection
Sandra L. Emmons, MD, Phillip Patton, MD
Acupuncture improves ovarian blood flow.
Steiner J Appl Physiol. 2006 Jul: 101 (1): 84-91. Epub 2006 Mar 2.
Effects of acupuncture on rates of pregnancy and live birth among women undergoing in vitro fertilisation: systematic review and meta-analysis
Eric Manheimer, Grant Zhang, Laurence Udoff, Aviad Haramati, Patricia Langenberg, Brian M Berman, and Lex M Bouter
The Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescription Pattern of Endometriosis Patients in Taiwan: A Population-Based Study
Ruei-Chi Fang, Yueh-Ting Tsai, [...], and Chien-Tung Wu
Pregnancy
The Essential Guide to Acupuncture in Pregnancy & Childbirth
Betts, Debra. The Journal of Chinese Medicine Ltd, 2006
The Healthy Pregnancy Book
Sears, William, MD and Martha Sears, RN, 2013
Moxibustion for Correction of Breech Presentation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Cardini F. & Wexin H. (1998). JAMA 280(18), 1580-1584.
Recurrent Pregnancy Loss and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Hullernder Rubin, Lee, Dara Cantor, and Benjamin L. Marx, MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE (2013).
Does Acupuncture Have a Role in Treatment of Threatened Miscarriage? Findings from a Feasibility Randomised Trial and Semi-Structured Participant Interviews
Betts, Debra, Caroline A. Smith and Hannah G. Dahlen. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2016) 16:298
Pregnancy Outcome Following Women’s Participation in a Randomised Controlled Trial of Acupuncture to Treat Nausea and Vomiting in Early Pregnancy
Smith, C., C. Crowther, J.Beilby. Complementary Therapies in Medicine (2002) 10, 78-83
Prebirth Acupuncture
Tempfer C, Zeisler H, Mayerhofe Kr, Barrada M Husslein P. Influence of acupuncture on duration of labour Gynecol Obstet Invest 1998; 46:22-5
Kubista E Kucera H. Geburtshilfe Perinatol. 1974; 178 224-9
Blog References
Chocolate & Stress
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4350893/
Acupuncture to Support Immunity
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18306447
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18306447
Acupuncture & Correlation to Stress Reduction
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2005290116301224
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28712475
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26036927
https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/relaxation-techniques-breath-control-helps-quell-errant-stress-response
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