Infertility is worldwide a health and psychological burden for couples aiming at building up a family. Male and female are equally involved in reasons for infertility. In 50% percent of the cases, the issue is caused by the male.The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of Laser acupuncture and Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) on the sperm quality of an infertile male with an idiopathic reason. A 32-year-old infertile male with low quality sperm was referred to the Sheykh Bahaee clinic after spermogram testing in a central pathobiology laboratory according to 2010 World Health Organization (WHO) standards. The following laser acupuncture treatment was conducted; points: LI4,
This study aims to compare the effectiveness of acupuncture and medication therapy on improving sleep disorders in women suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder. This study is a quasi-experimental with pretestposttest, control group, and follow-up period. The study population included all women suffering from generalized anxiety disorder and sleep disorder. Purposive sampling was used to select the sample. Using this method, 45 participants were selected and randomly assigned to three groups: acupuncture, medication therapy, and control groups. Acupuncture group received 12 to 15 treatment sessions (2-3 times a week) in DU20, HT7, PC6, Kid6, Ren12, UB62, Sp6, Anmian and Ear-shen men. Medication therapy group were taken drugs under the supervision of a psychiatric while the control group received no intervention over this period. In order to analyze the data, repeated measures were used in the statistical SPSS software version 21. The results showed that both acupuncture and medication therapy programs improve sleep disorder in women with generalized anxiety disorder; however, the acupuncture was more effective than medication therapy. Table 3: Results of within-subjects and between-subjects for acupuncture and medication therapy groups.
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