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Alternative therapies popular with ART patients: may affect hemostasis, outcomes.
PHOENIX, ARIZ. -- Complementary and alternative therapies are popular among patients undergoing assisted reproduction procedures and could affect hemostasis and reproductive outcomes, according to Dr. Lawrence Tsen.
In a survey of 1,038 women undergoing in vitro fertilization and oocyte retrieval, 33% reported having procedures such as acupuncture and relaxation therapy and 18% used herbal remedies, with megavitamins, echinacea, and primrose being the most popular, Dr. Tsen said at the annual meeting of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology.
Most patients who use these therapies while trying assisted reproductive technologies do so in the hopes of improving the outcomes, said Dr. Tsen, an anesthesiologist at Harvard Medical School, Boston.
Yet the evidence suggests just the opposite: Studies ...
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