Complementary and Alternative Medicine

When it comes to your health, everything you put into your body makes an impact. Functional nutrition is an emerging specialty that focuses on utilizing certain foods that go beyond fulfilling the needs of basic nutrition and treating medical conditions. It’s the same healing strategy that is used Continue Reading

There is a growing body of scientific evidence to suggest that there may be a relationship between what men eat and their fertility, and this article summarizes some of the latest findings. But it's very important to keep in mind that dietary choices alone are unlikely to make all the difference. In Continue Reading

A mother's diet and nutrition play an important role in the gestation of a healthy baby. A growing unborn child relies on its mother for vitamins, minerals, and energy, and the mother needs nutritious food to remain strong and healthy throughout pregnancy. But what about fertility and nutrition? Th ... Continue Reading

Fertility massage is a complementary therapy that you may use alone or in tandem with other fertility treatments. While some mainstream facilities include fertility massage in their offerings, it definitely falls into the alternative category. Evidence is more anecdotal than scientific. In other wor ... Continue Reading

While there is some controversy about viability of acupuncture as a fertility treatment, a review of recent studies published in the Clinical Journal of Integrative Medicine in May 2011 stated that "most of the existing studies suggest a positive effect of acupuncture in infertility treatment.” A ... Continue Reading

People around the world have experimented with herbal medicine for centuries. Today, it's being increasingly used in the West to treat women and men who experience infertility. Continue Reading