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September 2014

We are very pleased to announce that a book Acupuncture for IVF and Assisted Reproduction: An Integrated Approach To Treatment and Management (ISBN: 978-0702050107) co-authored by our fertility acupuncturist Irina Szmelskyj and edited by Alan Szmelskyj is due to be released on the 17th September 2014. The book is a result of over three years of meticulous research and writing. It is published by the world's top medical publisher Elsevier/ Churchill Livingstone.

In just three months from its launch, the book's Facebook fan page has had nearly 1,000 likes.

Although the book is primarily written for acupuncturist, patients will also find a lot of useful information. For example:

• Chapter 7 has a detailed review of which lifestyle factors have been proved to influence fertility and IVF outcome.
• Chapter 10 discusses various hurdles that patients may encounter during IVF and how these can be overcome. For example, poor response to ovarian stimulation medication, low fertilisation rate, thin endometrial lining and painful embryo transfers.
• Chapter 12 reviews the latest scientific evidence about repeated implantation failure, recurrent miscarriages and reproductive immunology.