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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.mercola.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Acupuncture Increases Chances of Pregnancy</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/02/11/Acupuncture-Increases-Chances-of-Pregnancy.aspx</link><description>Acupuncture may increase the success rates of fertility treatment; a study has found that for every 10 IVF (in vitro fertilization) cycles with acupuncture, there would be one extra pregnancy. IVF involves fertilizing the egg with sperm outside the woman</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)</generator><item><title>re: Acupuncture Increases Chances of Pregnancy</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/02/11/Acupuncture-Increases-Chances-of-Pregnancy.aspx#118974</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:56:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:118974</guid><dc:creator>Katie B</dc:creator><description>I totally agree with you, Alaska dude, but many people are selfish and will have kids anyway, knowing there's a good chance their kid will be born with some kind of deformity, retardation, etc.&amp;nbsp;  &lt;br&gt; &lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=118974" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Acupuncture Increases Chances of Pregnancy</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/02/11/Acupuncture-Increases-Chances-of-Pregnancy.aspx#118973</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:54:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:118973</guid><dc:creator>Katie B</dc:creator><description>Great for those who want kids, but our world is in greater need of pregnancy prevention. &lt;br&gt; &lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=118973" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Acupuncture Increases Chances of Pregnancy</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/02/11/Acupuncture-Increases-Chances-of-Pregnancy.aspx#118972</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:11:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:118972</guid><dc:creator>mama bear</dc:creator><description>Acupuncture balances your energy.&amp;nbsp; If she unblocks her energy she may not need IVF to get pregnant, she may be successful the old fashioned way.&amp;nbsp; lol&amp;nbsp;   &lt;br&gt; &lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=118972" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Acupuncture Increases Chances of Pregnancy</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/02/11/Acupuncture-Increases-Chances-of-Pregnancy.aspx#118969</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:09:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:118969</guid><dc:creator>foxtroter_203</dc:creator><description>While the results do put acupuncture in a favorable light, the article we had to review was very limited in showing the real research design. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Do people who go to acupuncturists not also make other lifestyle choices that would improve the hormonal balance and improve fertility. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Recent study, for instance shows that HFCS&amp;nbsp;can deactivate the gene that controls the amount of sex hormones in your blood.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Low levels of&amp;nbsp;SHBG (sex hormone–binding globulin gene) can cause infertility. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; The following reference is the research article which is not easy reading but I offer it for those who are truly masochistic. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Thus, is it as simple as acupuncture patients consume less HFCS?&amp;nbsp; Who knows.&amp;nbsp;  &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.jci.org/117/12/3979?rss=1"&gt; http://www.jci.org/117/12/3979?rss=1 &lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=118969" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Acupuncture Increases Chances of Pregnancy</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/02/11/Acupuncture-Increases-Chances-of-Pregnancy.aspx#118968</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:42:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:118968</guid><dc:creator>mmc88121</dc:creator><description>If acupuncture clears the bodies energy meridians,&amp;nbsp; I would see where it would work, and possibly even more effectively than IVF, if it was used along with a nutritionally correct diet and EFT. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Mary &lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=118968" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Acupuncture Increases Chances of Pregnancy</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/02/11/Acupuncture-Increases-Chances-of-Pregnancy.aspx#118967</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:23:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:118967</guid><dc:creator>Russ Bianchi</dc:creator><description>Proactive, preventative, lower cost, less evasive, safer, protocols, including accupucture, are always better than reactive procedures. &lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=118967" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>