Obstetrics & gynaecology

Endometriosis is more than just 'painful periods'

Even though endometriosis affects an estimated 10% of reproductive-age women in the United States and can cause increasing, debilitating pain each menstrual cycle, as well as infertility, it is often misdiagnosed and misunderstood.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study links cadmium levels in women's urine to endometriosis

Women with a history of endometriosis had higher concentrations of cadmium in their urine compared to those without that diagnosis, according to a Michigan State University study that suggests the toxic metal could be linked ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Multiple factors delay timely endometriosis diagnosis, study shows

Reviewing qualitative studies from the past 20 years, the researchers found a range of contributing factors including: a continuing stigma around periods; society's normalization of menstrual pain; and a lack of medical training ...

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