Acupuncture and in-vitro fertilization

When the patients were examined using ultrasound six weeks after their IVF procedures, the differences in pregnancy rates were notable.  In the control group, 26 percent of the women, or 21 out of 80 became pregnant.  Of the patients who had received acupuncture treatments, 42 percent of the women, 34 out of 80 became pregnant.

control group = 26%

using acupuncture = 42%

A study, published in April, 2000 edition of medical journal of Fertility and Sterility, found that acupuncture increases the chances of becoming pregnant for a significant number of women undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
Researchers included 160 patients undergoing IVF for the study.  The patients, who were all required to have good quality embryos, were evenly and randomly divided into two groups similar in age and diagnosis.