ANALIZE MEDICALE DE LABORATOR
Aici gasiti analizele medicale grupate pe categorii precum si detalii generale si specifice pentru categoriile respective.
Selectati o categorie din lista de mai jos:
Solutie antistress!
Construieste poduri :)
Prinde pisica neagra :)
In Vitro Fertilization Aided By Acupuncture
According to a study published in BMJ and
available on bmj.com, rates
of pregnancy and live birth among women undergoing in vitro
fertilization can be improved when acupuncture is given with embryo
transfer.
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a technique in which egg cells are
fertilized by sperm outside the woman's womb and then transferred back
to the womb.
Ten to 15% of couples seek fertility treatment because they have
difficulty conceiving at some point in their reproductive lives; IVF is
a common treatment option. About 200,000 babies worldwide were
conceived through IVF in the year 2000. Due to the cost, time, and
stress of IVF, new drugs and technologies have been developed in order
to improve success rate. However, progress has been limited.
The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Maryland
School of Medicine and the VU University in Amsterdam, was motivated
by acupuncture's history of being used in China for centuries
to regulate the female reproductive system. Ultimately, the researchers
desired to determine whether acupuncture given with embryo transfer
improves the pregnancy rates and live birth rates among women
undergoing IVF.
A systematic review of seven trials involving 1,366 women undergoing
IVF allowed researchers to compare acupuncture - administered within
one day of the embryo transfer procedure - with sham (fake) acupuncture
or no additional treatment. A broad selection of women at various ages
and different causes and durations of infertility were included in the
trials, and the overall quality of trials was good, according to the
researchers.
The researchers found that the odds of pregnancy were increased by 65%
when acupuncture is administered along with the embryo transfer process
compared to sham acupuncture or no additional treatment. In other
words, for every ten women treated, one additional pregnancy is
expected. However, the acupuncture benefit was smaller or
non-significant in trials where the baseline pregnancy rates were
already high.
The authors of the study note that in general, their review suggests
that acupuncture given with embryo transfer can improve rates of
pregnancy and live birth among women undergoing IVF. At about $12,400
per cycle in the US, the burden of expensive IVF procedures may be
reduced even if the increased likelihood of success with acupuncture is
small.
Further studies are needed to confirm these preliminary findings and to
research the relationship between baseline rates of pregnancy and the
effectiveness of additional acupuncture.
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, Lex M Bouter
BMJ, February 7, 2008
doi:10.1136/bmj.39471.430451.BE
Click
Here to See Article Online
Written by: Peter M Crosta
Copyright: Start Sanatate
Not to be reproduced without permission of Start Sanatate
In vitro fertilizarea asistata de calculator de acupunctura - In Vitro Fertilization Aided By Acupuncture - articole medicale engleza - startsanatate