Female Infertility & IV

Conclusions: For the first time we demonstrate that low-frequency EA and physical exercise lowers high sympathetic nerve activity in women with PCOS. Thus, treatment with low-frequency EA or physical exercise with the aim to reduce MSNA may be of importance for
women with PCOS. 

CONCLUSION: PCOS patients showed increased cortisol levels and heart rate reactivity as well as a reduced upregulation of IL-6 in response to stress. The altered stress reactivity in PCOS patients may constitute a link between depression, overweight, ovulatory disturbance, and the cardiovascular and diabetes risks associated with the diagnosis.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that some birth defects occur more often among infants conceived with ART. Although the mechanism is not clear, couples considering ART should be informed of all potential risks and benefits.

CONCLUSION: In spite of the fact that weight loss and weight maintenance are absolutely vital in the treatment of PCOS, our study has shown that the support given to PCOS patients to help reduce and control their weight is inadequate and needs to be improved.
Humphreys L, Costarelli V.

Conclusion: A US study has found that perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), which are used in areas such as food packaging, pesticides, clothing, carpets and personal care products, may be linked to infertility in women.

Conclusions: The growing popularity of traditional Chinese medicine used alone or in combination with Western medicine highlights the need to examine the pros and cons of both Western and traditional Chinese medicine approaches. Integrating the principle and knowledge from well characterized approaches and quality control of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medical approaches should become a trend in existing clinical practice and serve as a better methodology for treating infertility.

Conclusions: Yang tonifying herbs stimulate mitochondrial ATP generation, leading to the enhancement of cellular/mitochondrial antioxidant status, presumably through the intermediacy of ROS. Yin tonifying herbs, which also possess antioxidant properties, are mainly immunomodulatory, thereby boosting weak immune functions and suppressing overreactive or unbalanced immune responses.

CONCLUSIONS: The review found promising evidence supporting the use of Chinese herbal medicine for primary dysmenorrhoea

Conclusions: stating that weight reduction is the most effective way of addressing the underlying metabolic issueassociated with PCOS

Conclusion: Using combined therapy of TCM and composite CPA followed by ovulation promoting agents of TCM and WM to treat patients of non-obesity PCOS could relieve the clinical symptoms, improve the abnormal blood level of sex hormones and significantly elevate the pregnancy rate.

Conclusion: BSHXR (Chinese herbal formula) can recover ovarian function in POF mice mainly by regulating the indiscriminate hormone level, and BSHXR has preventive effect on autoimmune POF in mice.

Conclusions: There were statistically significant differences in the impact of Acupuncture on IVF patients when categorized by Infertility diagnosis. Those patients with Tubal factor, PCOS & Male factor having better outcomes when IVF was combined with Acupuncture treatments. We also observed significantly improved outcomes in patients with female age > 40. The reverse was true with patients in the 35-38 year groups. With multivariance statistical analysis, we determined that the “ideal” patient who would benefit from adding Acupuncture to their IVF treatments were > 38 , with Male factor infertility. Further studies of Traditional Chinese Medicine modalities of treatment are underway. We are organizing a multicenter prospective study to confirm our observations.

Conclusion: The study outcome demonstrates that using Chinese herbal medicine results in higher success rates of pregnancy, with no patient side-effects and a reduction in the category of patients conventionally classified as having unexplained infertility.