Free 30-minute Stress-relief Acupuncture The Center 208 West 13th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues Room 310 Wednesday 11/07 and Thursday 11/08 11AM to 6PM Thanks to the tireless efforts of Acupuncturists Without Borders and its volunteers, acupuncturists in New York City, Westchester and New Jersey have been offering free acupuncture to people affected [...]
Recent research from China suggests that luteal phase acupuncture can improve pregnancy outcomes of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). 225 patients undergoing fertility treatments were randomized to receive acupuncture according to Chinese medicine principles or sham acupuncture (picking points unrelated to principles or picking non-points). Researchers found “In [acupuncture group], the clinical [...]
Recent research from China comparing three groups of 231 men found that acupuncture plus herbal medicine was 84.6% more effective than either modality alone (p
Israeli researchers have shown that acupuncture helps men who had low sperm output to normalize after treatment. Researchers found that acupuncture lowered scrotal temperatures (reversal of hyperthermia of the scrotum) and increased sperm counts. Hyperthermia of the scrotum is associated with inflammation. This increase in temperature damages the sperm. This is why the testicles hang [...]
When considering infertility, both the health of the woman and the man must be considered. The male factor – usually described as mild, moderate or severe – infertility is defined as a deviation from what is normally expected of sperm. These abnormalities are one ore more of the following: the number of sperm present, the [...]
As you many of my patients know, I have been gluten-free for over 8 years. My health now compared to when I was eating gluten… well, there’s really no comparison. I wasn’t overtly sick when I was eating gluten, but I just wasn’t well. I was fatigued, my complexion was sallow, I caught colds easily [...]
Trans fats have been in the news a lot lately. But what are they and what do they really do to us? In science-speak, trans fats are unsaturated fats (they’re always unsaturated and never saturated fats) with at least one trans-isomer fatty acid. Trans fats are exceptionally rare in nature. They are a product of [...]
My good friend, Rob Vena, LAc., posted this on Facebook. I though it was so lovely I had to share. I hope to bring you more full moon messages from Rob in the future. The March Full Moon is called the Lenten Moon (taken from this period of time, known as Lent), and is considered [...]
The New York Times posted an article today about research done on vitamins, conception and birth weight. This is particularly interesting to me because the findings are not far from what we think in Chinese medicine. In order to have a strong pregnancy and ensure a healthy child is born, both biological parents have to [...]
Here’s a great article on the best length of maternity leave. My favorite line: “So what was the optimal amount of time off, according to all this research? According to Christopher Ruhm, the author of the first European study, paid leave of about 40 weeks saved the most lives.” We need to support new parents, and [...]
