Effects of acupuncture on rates of pregnancy and live birth among women undergoing in vitro fertilisation: systematic review and meta-analysis: Manheimer E, et.al. British Medical Journal 2008 Feb 7; [Epub ahead of print]

• This was a meta-analysis looking at all the available, high-quality acupuncture research. When taking all factors into account, the investigators found that acupuncture increased the odds of a live birth by 91%. This increase was in spite of the fact that the researchers biased the study against acupunture. (see the June 2008 issue of the Journal of Chinese Medicine for a publication written by Judith Balk, MD, MPH and Brandon Horn, PhD, JD, LAc for details). Therefore, the true effects of acupuncture are even higher than this.