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A common question that I hear from patients is “What do you think about acupuncture?”  Before I can answer that, I need to give you a little more background.

 What is Acupuncture?

Though its popularity is growing, the history of acupuncture is not well known.  And though it may seem a bit “out there” for some people who have only experienced Westernised medicine, acupuncture has been around for 1000’s of years helping millions improve a variety of...

This week's tip discusses many of the questions that I receive regarding IVF and the herbs. If you are not doing IVF however but are thinking about it, this is still a good post for you to read. I have received 1000's of emails over the years from couples absolutely desperate to become pregnant and who have had from one to several IVF attempts. Many of them are interested in doing the herbals because they have heard of a friend or watched a television program that has said...

Today's fertility tip was inspired by a conversation that I had with a woman after I presented my evening seminar, Fertility Secrets Revealed.

She was telling me about the side effects and horrible symptoms that she was having when taking the medication that her doctor had prescribed for her fertility issues.

They were causing significant side effects and making her feel extremely uncomfortable and when she approached her physician about it he simply said something to the effect that if she...

Your tip for this week discusses an interesting concept I came across while scanning through the National Academy of Science Archives.

The title of the article was Sperm Attraction to a Follicular Factor(s) Correlates with Human Egg Fertilizability. The Authors of article are  D RAlt, M Goldberg, P Fetterolf, D Thompson, J Dor, S Mashiach, DL Garbers, and M Eisenbach

Article Summary: Sperm normally meet the egg in the Fallopian tube within 24 hours from ovulation (when the egg is...

One of the areas which may cause significant frustration for you and can create doubt about yourself and what you are doing to improve your fertility comes up frequently in our discussions with patient that I work with.  I wanted to discuss one particular scenario this week so hopefully you will feel prepared to respond comfortably if this situation should come up for you.

Have you ever gone into a doctor's office and told them you were doing something alternative or complementary, i.e....

Today we are going to discuss a very common issue that is often over looked and can for some mean the difference between having a child and not.  Many of our patients come to us after they have seen a long line of practitioners.  I often hear, “you are our last hope” or “I wish I would have come to you sooner”.

As I go through a patient’s history I am always surprised at the tests that haven’t been done or the issues that have been pushed off as...