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Acupuncture improves sperm motility

Acupuncture
Posted on Nov 09 2009 at 6:40 PM
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The German study, involving 29 men compared TCM acupuncture with placebo acupuncture.  A significantly higher percentage of motile sperm was found after real acupuncture.  No effect on the concentration of sperm was observed.

(A prospective randomized placebo-controlled study of the effect of acupuncture in infertile patients with severe oligoasthenozoospermia.  Fertil Steril 2009 Apr 24. [Epub ahead of print]).

 

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