Friday, March 13, 2015

Shame On Them: Poor Reporting MisInforms Millions About Acupuncture

Even one of the most trusted medical resources can get their information wrong.  Let's clear up some inadequate reporting here by WEB MD.

1. They state: Acupuncture should never be the only medical treatment a patient uses to get pregnant. True. Who said that was enough on it's own?  It should always be combined with Traditional Herbal Medicine, not mentioned in this article. 
Traditional Chinese Medicine, when prescribed by an herbalist, is:

Twice as Likely in 1/3 of the time to enable a woman to get pregnant compared to IVF (In-Vitro Fertilization) or fertility drugs.


(Even a study has proven that) I've never heard of a natural infertility specialist only using acupuncture alone for fertility enhancement so why they are pointing this out? It would be the equivalent of saying: never use low dose aspirin alone to treat infertility- who would?

SEE full study on this website www.EagleAcupuncture.com


2.Acupuncture DOES improve fertility not, "may also work" ...Many reporters love to undermine natural medical experts by adding words of doubt using words like "quick to point out" "still" "may also work" "encourage fertility" I've also read time and time again " they claim" "they say" not "Study proves" "Millions of natural infertility success stories show" This is what is in the article:
   "Still, many experts are quick to point out that this ancient Chinese medical art may also work to help encourage fertility overall -- even for those couples trying to conceive naturally." However they never seem to use this same language when talking about studies or quoting an M.D. 
Hear all the doubt laced in this one sentence?
Need more proof?  See real, fertility baby pictures , whose mother's thought they were infertile, but turned to Acupuncture instead and gave birth www.EagleAcupuncture.com

3. Just as this doctor was interviewed as saying "I wouldn't advise a couple to rely only on acupuncture, or to try it without first getting a fertility workup, but if everything checks out OK, acupuncture can be helpful,"
The same should be said about IVF. 
Why on earth would any medical provider suggest IVF without acupuncture?  Acupuncture, when administered, in conjunction with IVF treatments, increases take home baby rate of 50--65%.

If something increased your fertility by 5%, would you do it? Probably.
If a form of medicine that caused no harm, short-term or long-term to you or your baby and increased your fertility by 25%, would you consider it?  Of course you would.
If there was something you could do that was a fraction of the cost of IVF and increased your odds of not only conceiving but also having a live baby in your arms at home by 50-65%?  Without a doubt. 
But the trouble is:
Women don't know.
Men aren't advised.
They aren't being referred.
The secret is still hidden.
Information is being incorrectly reported on.
Why?  We haven't figured that out...yet.

Never rely solely on IVF for your fertility treatments.
Never get IVF without a proper and full fertility workup
Never get IVF if things check out OK and you haven't tried Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine First
AND
They missed a biggie here.  Acupuncture AND Herbal Medicine treats infertility problems when things don't check out OK.
Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine has been proven over and over and over and over and over again to:
Increase Sperm Count
Improve Motility
Improve Morphology
Resolve Endometriosis
Correct Luteal Phase Defects
Promote ovulation in anovulatory women
Treat PCOS
Reduce insulin resistance
Lower High FSH levels
Improve egg quality without having to use a young donor
Increase Blood Flow
Improve the thickness of uterine lining
Prevent miscarriage
Support Thyroid Function
Reduce Blood Clotting
Improve Immune Response
Treat Unexplained, Sub-clinical Female Infertility
Treat Unexplained, Sub-clinical Male Infertility
Reduce Stress
Help Patients Lose Weight
Positively Impacts the Hypo-thalamus-ovarian-axis
Increase blood flow specifically to the uterus and ovaries
Decrease Uterine Contractions During Embryo Transfers (the last step in IVF process)
Increase take home baby rate (not just pregnancy rate) of IVF treatments by 50-65% depending on which study you read

4.  Ironically, this doctor also advises a fertility workup prior to getting acupuncture.  Interesting advice.  I'd like to see what tests this doctor actually does recommend prior to medically invasive treatments.  Do they see if her fallopian tubes are open prior to using Clomid and IUI?  Has her progesterone, FSH, AMH,  Thyroid, Vitamin D been checked?  Or has PCOS been ruled in or out, or blood clotting disorder, or an auto-immune problem been investigated? Many have never had semen analysis prior to fertility drugs and IUI.  Just yesterday we had a patient who had been trying for 4 and 1/2 years and her doctors never once looked at her husband's semen.  I asked for him to have a semen analysis done immediately and guess what? Yes, there is an issue with his semen.  4 1/2 years they suffered. Now, we will treat him naturally and improve the quality of his semen.

Not surprisingly, this article published by WEB MD is yet another example of poor, inaccurate, and inadequate facts about Acupuncture and Fertility.    The rest is a good read and gives some helpful insights into fertility in general.

Web MD may reach millions of people and we may reach only 100's or 1,000's but we want those people to be properly educated, not misinformed.



Schedule your consult today with our fertility experts, no matter where you live  (208) 938-1277 Be informed and turn your infertility into ancient history.

http://www.webmd.com/baby/features/getting-pregnant-easy-ways-to-encourage-fertility

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