admin | May 11, 2009
A paper that was presented at the American Collage of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist’s Annual Clinical Meeting this year has said that Drinking Red Wine may be good for health and may help to prevent Endometriosis. The research in the paper has shown that mice with endometriosis were given doses of compunds found in soy and [...]
admin | September 27, 2008
This relates to our U.S. readers only at present as far as we are aware – if anyone has other info let us know. First new treatment to be approved for Endometriosis in 15 years. Depo subQ provera 104 (yes it’s a mouthful – a form of Depo Provera) has been approved for treatment [...]
admin | September 16, 2008
Just spotted this little snippet on the bbc: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7612083.stm With Jade Goody set to undergo a hysterectomy after being diagnosed with cervical cancer. Earlier this month there have been a few articles about the treatment of cervical cancer and hysterectomy’s, in this BBC article a mention is made to Endometriosis, which apparently makes such surgery more [...]
admin | September 16, 2008
From http://wjz.com/local/doctors.endometriosis.treatment.2.815382.html This article talks about a new approach being tried to treat the pain of Endometriosis, by combining aromatase inhibitors with the drug Lupron. This appears to be successful for some women – though of course the side effects and as documented on this site – sometimes the permanent long-lasting side-effects. The strongest pain medications like [...]
admin | September 7, 2008
Chronically Ill Enthusiastically Anticipate Virtual Internet Conference Sept 8-12 Press Release posted on http://www.sbwire.com/news/view/21215 - some excerpts are below for your reading pleasure as normal… Traveling expenses, hard beds, peers wearing too much perfume, long treks to conference rooms, and exhausting days make up the typical conference–all which make it nearly impossible for the chronically ill [...]
admin | September 6, 2008
Neurocrine studied 252 patients, with a confirmed diagnosis of endometriosis. The company split the group into 3 sets for treatment over 6 months. elagolix 150mg once daily (new drug) elagolix 75mg twice daily (new drug) depo provera 104 (DMPA) (common treatment) Elagolix showed an improvement of endometriosis symptoms following treatment. An Improvement in endometriosis symptoms [...]
admin | September 6, 2008
The story in this news article is a moving one, basically about a woman who has been mis-diagnosed with endometriosis many times when her condition is much rarer – so I do feel for her and we can all relate!. However, the reason why this is apearing here, is that the article goes to [...]
admin | September 4, 2008
We hope to start finding out the information about more of these conferences as the site grows and our userbase continues to expand. For our users from Australia here’s info about the fertility society of australia’s conference dates this year (2008). Since our personal IVF was successful – and the main reason for needing this [...]
admin | August 6, 2008
In the british press and some medical journal sites an intresting story appeared today. Scientists at the University of Liverpool have identified an enzyme which could be a cause of endometriosis. Below are links to the Daily Mail article (bit short on facts) and a link to an article on breakthrough digest (bit more technical [...]
admin | August 2, 2008
These tips were posted on alt.support.endometriosis by Eileen. She has been good enough to let me post them on our site in hopes of helping others find a good doctor. How do I know what doctor to use, if they have extensive experience with endo? This is a great question. Too often we find out [...]