06 Sep

azoospermia: Effect of acupuncture study

Farnoosh Bidouee, Ali Shamsa, Mohsen Jalali Department of Urology, Mashad University of Medical Sciences, Ghaem Medical Center, Mashad, Iran ====================================== The effect of acupuncture on male infertility, especially on the azoospermic male, is challenging and is a matter of debate.  Here, we present a case of an azoospermic male in whom spermatogenesis occurred and he […]

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06 Sep

Male Infertility: Chinese medicine approach

Male infertility refers to the inability of a male to achieve a pregnency in a fertile female. In humans it accounts for 40-50% of all infertility. Male infertility is commonly due to deficiencies in the semen, and semen quality is used as a surrogate measure of male fecundity. The volume of the semen sample, approximate number […]

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26 Jul

Male fertility: Low Semen Volume, Low Motility and Low Morphology

Sperm Density in Relation to Infertility Normal sperm density is defined as greater than 20 million sperm/milliliter. When the density falls below 15 million the chances that a problem exists are much higher and when the density is less than 1 million it is almost certain that male infertility problems exists. Volume Normal semen volume […]

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20 May

Oligospermia: Acupuncture plus herbal treatment

The oligospermia is diagnosed based on low count in a semen analysis performed on two occasions. For many decades sperm concentrations of less than 20 million sperm/ml were considered low or oligospermic, recently, however, the WHO reassessed sperm criteria and established a lower reference point, less than 15 million sperm/ml, consistent with the 5th percentile for […]

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14 Feb

Male Infertility, why we put so much focus on women fertility?

Some couples have a hard time getting pregnant. A couple is considered to have infertility issues when they try for a year without success. For women above 38-year-old, the time can be 6 months. There was a time when people thought infertility was only a woman’s problem. But men can have fertility problems, too. When […]

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11 Oct

Male fertility: urology doctors in this area,

Here are doctors that my patients would like to refer Dr.  Paul Shin MD  in DC

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11 Oct

Male Infertility: General Information

What Is male Infertility? Some couples have a hard time getting pregnant. A couple is considered to have infertility issues when they try for a year without success. There was a time when people thought infertility was only a woman’s problem. But men can have fertility problems, too. When a couple is having a hard […]

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12 Jan

Male Infertility: Conventional Treatments

Male Infertility can be treated in several ways, and you should be aware that there may be side effects to some of them. Treatments vary from ineffective Vitamin supplements to the highly successful advanced ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection) treatment Conventional treatment of male infertility in the past used a wide array of medicines to try […]

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21 Sep

Male Infertility: Acupuncture can help

Because  40% of infertility is caused by men side, while doing acupuncture treatment for women, months earlier, there is also acupuncture treatment for the male to improve sperm quality and quality: total sperm count, motility and morphology.  It’s also beneficial for those with low morphology and doing ICSI (intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection) which surgically deliver the […]

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21 Sep

Male Infertility: Sperm allergy infertility treatment with Acupuncture and Herbs

If you have an immune reaction to sperm — and less than 2 percent of women do — your body may produce antibodies that kill sperm cells. The major cause of the sperm allergy under Chinese Medicine are damp heat and Ying deficiency. Therefore principle of treatment is to clear damp heat and nourish the Ying. By nourish Ying, not only […]

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