ArticleBMC complementary and alternative medicine2014
Perspectives of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners in the support and treatment of infertility.
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- The Prevalence of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among Infertile Patients: A Global Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of fertility & sterility · 2024Pooled it
- Acupuncture for oligospermia and asthenozoospermia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Antioxidants for female subfertility.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Antioxidants for female subfertility.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- "There is something that i can control": food, fertility, and the journey to pregnancy.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Article
- Health Service Early-Stage Digital Adaptation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Internet Hospitals: Qualitative Exploratory Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Integrating Medical and Traditional Acupuncture Education in the United States: Enhancing Patient Care Through Combined Expertise.Medical acupuncture · 2025Review
- Effect of alternative and complementary medicine on male infertility: An umbrella review.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Internet-Based Healthcare Knowledge Service for Improvement of Chinese Medicine Healthcare Service Quality.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Complementary and alternative medicine use among infertile women attending infertility specialty clinics in South Korea: does perceived severity matter?BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2019Article
- Detrimental effect of Hypericum perforatum on ovarian functionsJournal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association · 2019Article
- A scoping review of chiropractic management of female patients with infertility.The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association · 2018Article
- Evidence for the use of complementary and alternative medicines during fertility treatment: a scoping review.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2018Article
- Positive Effect of Acupuncture and Cupping in Infertility Treatment.Medical acupuncture · 2018Article
- Low semen quality and adverse histological changes in testes of adult male mice treated with bee venom (Open veterinary journalArticle
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Abstract
backgroundInfertility patients are increasingly using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to supplement or replace conventional fertility treatments. The objective of this study was to determine the roles of CAM practitioners in the support and treatment of infertility.
methodsTen semi-structured interviews were conducted in Ottawa, Canada in 2011 with CAM practitioners who specialized in naturopathy, acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, hypnotherapy and integrated medicine.
resultsCAM practitioners played an active role in both treatment and support of infertility, using a holistic, interdisciplinary and individualized approach. CAM practitioners recognized biological but also environmental and psychosomatic determinants of infertility. Participants were receptive to working with physicians, however little collaboration was described.
conclusionsIntegrated infertility patient care through both collaboration with CAM practitioners and incorporation of CAM's holistic, individualized and interdisciplinary approaches would greatly benefit infertility patients.
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