Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The journey to relieve endometriosis pain
Some women spend as much as a month of every year in so much pain they can do little more than endure it.
Mar 7, 2024
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Medications
What is Ryeqo, the recently approved medicine for endometriosis?
For women diagnosed with endometriosis it is often a long sentence of chronic pain and cramping that impacts their daily life. It is a condition that is both difficult to diagnose and treat, with many women needing either ...
Feb 26, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Endometriosis takes almost a decade to be diagnosed in the UK. Research reveals some of the reasons why
Around 1 in 10 women and people with uteruses in the UK have endometriosis. This disease causes tissue similar to the womb's lining to grow in other places—such as the ovaries and fallopian tubes. This can cause chronic ...
Jan 31, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Endometriosis: It's time to change the pattern of pain, stigma and barriers to diagnosis and treatment
Endometriosis is a debilitating disease that affects an estimated one million Canadians. It involves the overgrowth of endometrial tissue (the tissue that lines the uterus), which typically sheds during menstruation and regrows ...
Dec 5, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Multiple endometriosis symptoms can appear a decade before diagnosis, finds study
Australian women with endometriosis can experience symptoms including severe period pain, depression and back pain for around a decade before being diagnosed, a University of Queensland study has revealed.
Nov 24, 2023
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Health
Consuming flavonoids helps fight symptoms of endometriosis, researchers find
Researchers at Texas A&M University's School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) have found a correlation between a compound found in fruits and vegetables and a reduction in the symptoms of endometriosis.
Nov 8, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Endometriosis afflicts millions of women, but few people feel comfortable talking about it
Endometriosis causes physical, sexual and emotional pain. About 190 million people around the globe have endometriosis, including one in 10 American women, but there has historically been a deafening silence about the disease ...
Nov 2, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Endometriosis can complicate hysterectomies, study shows
Patients with endometriosis are more likely to experience complications during and after hysterectomies, a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows. The findings, published in the Journal of Minimally Invasive ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Women with undiagnosed endometriosis found to visit the doctor more frequently
Endometriosis is a chronic—often painful—illness that only affects women. New research shows potential for shortening the path to diagnosis and treatment. In the years prior to being diagnosed with endometriosis, women ...
Aug 25, 2023
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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.
Aug 22, 2023
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