Benefits of Acupuncture and Eastern Medicine for Infertility Patients
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02/02/22
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Have you ever thought about using acupuncture or herbal medicine to improve your fertility or treat your infertility? We talk with Dr. Mike Berkley, a New York State licensed acupuncturist and board-certified acupuncturist and practitioner of herbal medicine by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. He is also a member of The American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine.
In this episode, we cover:
- What are the principles of acupuncture? How does it work?
- How does acupuncture differ from Herbal Medicine or Traditional Chinese Medicine?
- Do they have to be used together?
- Can acupuncture and/or Chinese Medicine be used in conjunction with Western infertility medicine and IVF?
- Is there western research that supports the benefits of acupuncture and Herbal Medicine for the treatment of infertility or is western style research not relevant to the discussion of acupuncture and Eastern Medicine?
- Can acupuncture increase the blood flow to the uterus and ovaries?
- Can acupuncture and Herbal Medicine be used to treat PCOS? What results are seen?
- How does acupuncture and Herbal Medicine impact endometriosis?
- One of the most common reasons for female infertility is advanced maternal age. How can acupuncture and Herbal Medicine impact the diminution of ovarian reserves and egg quality?
- Can acupuncture reduce stress?
- Is acupuncture more effective than other stress reduction techniques such as exercise, yoga, meditation or prayer, massage?
- Many women, men, and couples will not have a firm diagnosis of why they are not getting pregnant. Is acupuncture and Herbal Medicine effective for unexplained infertility?
- Male infertility is the cause of approximately 1/3 of infertility. How successful is acupuncture or Herbal Medicine in the treatment of male infertility?
Get more information at The Berkley Center at www.berkleycenter.com.
This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire infertility patients and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
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Setting Up Effective Kinship Navigator Programs
January 26, 2022
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Do you serve kinship families and are wondering how to best to meet their needs? We talk about kinship navigator programs with Stephanie Perkowski is a Social Worker and Policy Analyst at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago; Julia Donovan, the Program Director of Ohio’s statewide Kinship and Adoption Navigator program, OhioKAN; and Tia-Maria Smith, the Program Director for Pennsylvania KinConnector which helps informal and formal kinship families find the information, resources, and emotional support they need.
In this episode, we cover:
- What are navigator programs?
- Who usually sets up either kinship or adoption navigator programs?
- How are kinship navigator programs funded?
- How to get these programs evidenced-based and why is that important?
- How do kinship or adoptive families find out about them?
- What type of advertising is effective?
- What works in making the site user-friendly?
- What type of resources should be included in navigator programs?
- How to evaluate the effectiveness of navigator programs?
Resources:
- https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-20-434.pdf
- https://www.kinnectohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Research-Synthesis-with-Crosswalk.pdf
- https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/data/status-submitted-title-iv-e-prevention-program-five-year-plans
This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
Please leave us a rating or review RateThisPodcast.com/creatingafamily
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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Adoption Options in 2022
February 9, 2022
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Are you thinking about adopting? Today we will talk about Adoption Options in 2022. This is the first of a two-part series on What is Happening in Adoptions. We will talk with Jackie Zerbe, Domestic Adoption Supervisor with Vista Del Mar Adoption Agency, Debora Phillips, founding CEO of Children’s Connections, Inc., and Viviane Martini, Family Coordinator with Hopscotch Adoptions, an international adoption agency.
In this episode, we cover:
- What is happening with domestic infant adoption in the US?
- What is happening with adoptions from foster care?
- What is happening with international adoptions?
- How has the pandemic impacted adopting in the US?
- What are some of the shifts in adoption in the last 5 or so years?
- What are some of the changes you anticipate for 2022 and beyond?
This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
Please leave us a rating or review RateThisPodcast.com/creatingafamily
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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