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Live Talk: Age and Fertility - Turning Back Your Reproductive Clock
Start: 2012-03-13 19:15

End: 2012-03-13 20:30

Are you wondering what you can do to optimize your chances of getting pregnant?

Join Lorne Brown, Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and clinical director of Acubalance Wellness Centre, to find out more about:

    •    What you can do to help you conceive naturally or with IVF
    •    Current research on the effect of the natural supplement C0 Q10 on egg quality
    •    The benefit of acupuncture, diet & a mind-body approach for optimizing fertility.

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Research, General

Acupuncture good at controlling tension headaches

Research, General

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 08:37 PM PDT
CM NEWS - A Cochrane review of recent large-scale acupuncture studies suggests that acupuncture could be a valuable option for patients suffering from frequent tension-type headache.
Patients with tension-type headache suffer from episodes of pain which is typically bilateral (affects both sides of the head), pressing or tightening in quality, mild to moderate in intensity, and which does not worsen with routine physical activity.
In most patients tension-type headache occurs infrequently and there is no need for further treatment beyond over-the-counter pain killers. In some patients, however, tension-type headache occurs on several days per month or even daily. Acupuncture is a therapy in which thin needles are inserted into the skin at defined points; it originates from China. Acupuncture is used in many countries for tension-type headache prophylaxis - that is, to reduce the frequency and intensity of tension-type headaches.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Advocates Cultivating the Soil Before You Plant the Seed

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Enhance fertility at half the price

By the time they met local TCM practitioner Lorne Brown, Brett and Kim Palmer had already spent $13,000 on standard treatments for infertility. Two summers ago, Kim began receiving bi-weekly acupuncture treatments at about $60 per treatment. Later that winter, she underwent in-vitro fertilization, and received acupuncture treatments before and after embryo transfer to calm her uterus, and establish the environment for implantation. The happy result: pregnancy. "It was so exciting, so amazing. I really feel TCM played a big role," Kim says. Throughout her pregnancy, she continued to receive acupuncture treatments, which not only reduced her morning sickness, but also alleviated her arthritic back pain. At the time of my interview with the Vancouver couple, Liam, the newest Palmer family member, was a happy, healthy, four-month-old. As more patients are discovering, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) offers relatively inexpensive help for infertility.