Endometriosis is an age-old condition and yet until recently, the complex disorder remained largely overlooked due to medical and social perceptions of women’s pain.
Articles on Endometriosis
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Could new tests shorten the long road to an endometriosis diagnosis? The promise is compelling, but the evidence is not there yet.
This drug is used to treat endometriosis and some breast cancers, but will soon be stripped from Australian shelves.
Ozempic-style drugs have been flagged as possible treatments for cancer, dementia, endo, addiction and more. An expert explains what the evidence really says.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, Philadelphia will require employers to provide reasonable accommodations to workers suffering from symptoms of hormonal cycles and changes.
It’s estimated that 10% of women worldwide are affected by endometriosis.
Period pain can be crippling, but could exercise help relieve it? A reproductive health expert explains.
Endometriosis is common and often invisible. Delayed diagnosis, stigma and inflexible systems leave many struggling without recognition or support.
Surgery is not always necessary but can be helpful in some instances. Here’s what the evidence says and what to consider before you decide.
For the first time, research has put a dollar figure on the medical and economic toll of these relatively common conditions in New Zealand.
Influencers claim you’ll lose weight, banish bloating and transform your health. Here’s what the science says.
Women who had been exposed to violence in their childhood had a twofold greater likelihood of being diagnosed with endometriosis.
Left unsupported, endometriosis can bring misery for the women who suffer it – and it can damage their careers and workplace wellbeing.
In clinical trials, linzagolix has been shown to reduce painful periods and pelvic pain more generally.
Women who see doctors for pain from reproductive health conditions are often advised to relax and get help for anxiety instead.
Around 67% of participants noted that changing their diet had a positive effect on pain.
Recent research suggested cutting back on dairy, gluten, caffeine and alcohol could improve endometriosis pain. But here’s what to consider before making big changes.
Menstrual blood isn’t a ‘waste’. It actually has a rich cellular and molecular makeup.
Our research suggests that psychology plays a role in causing this common and extremely painful condition.
Clinicians can’t predict who does and doesn’t have endometriosis from symptoms alone.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor at NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor, Gynaecological Surgeon and Sonologist, McMaster University; Adelaide University
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Professor of Medical and Feminist Anthropology, Birmingham City University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer, Biochemistry & Immunology, Swansea University
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Professor of Women’s Health Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, & Director of Research, Royal Women's Hospital, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Reproductive Health, Western Sydney University
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PhD Candidate, NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Pain Sciences, Adelaide University
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PhD Candidate, Health Communication and Health Sociology, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Clinical Trials Network Manager, UNSW
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Professor and Endometriosis Group Leader, The Robinson Research Institute, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor, Pain in Women Group, University of Oxford