“When do you come out of the closet?”“What?!” I replied, half choking on my coffee.This question came as my friend, a fellow chronic disease sister, and I were getting coffee and discussing the usual thing topics girls in their twenties discuss, work, friends, boys, relationships, boys, world news, boys, you know the usual.She clarified; “Say […]
When should girls start going to the gynecologist? The general consensus from the medical community and public health education is that a girl need not see a gynecologist until she becomes sexually active..I disagree. Reproductive Care Should Begin with the First PeriodConsider this; the average age of menarche in the United States is a little […]
As a health journalist and a co-founder of Endo Warriors, a support organization for women with endometriosis, I often get asked “what is endometriosis?”Which is funny since it is estimated that 176 million women worldwide have endometriosis and yet no one knows about this global health issue.Sometimes I say “it’s a secondary autoimmune disease where […]
I’ve been talking about scrotal gangrene a lot lately.Be it a casual conversation with co-workers, a date, or a telephone call with my mom; I have somehow managed to sprinkle scrotal gangrene into almost every social interaction (in hindsight, perhaps I should apologize for this).I’ll explain. I’m a health journalist. During the day I edit […]
Leuprolide, more commonly known as Lupron, is promoted within the gynecological field as one of the best options for treating endometriosis. Lupron is also used for men with prostate cancer and children going through precocious puberty. Endometriosis is a secondary autoimmune disease where the lining of the uterus (the endometrium) grows outside of the uterus, […]
Attraction is complicated.Imagine this scenario: You are at a bar, it’s late and the bar has all but cleared out. You make conversation with several of the people that are left – some flirty banter ensues between you and the friend of someone whom you’ve been intimate with in the past. Inexplicable as it may […]
Recent research out of Tel Aviv, Israel has discovered a new potential treatment for endometriosis using pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF).Endometriosis, a secondary autoimmune disease estimated to affect 176 million women worldwide occurs when the lining of the uterus (the endometrium) is found outside of the uterus. These rogue endometrial cells can cause chronic pain, […]
If endometriosis was something you could market – the commercial, based on the more popular research of late, would go something like this:Tall, Dark & Handsome Man: “You are looking quite radiant today. Is that a new dress?”Young Beautiful Woman: (turns dramatically as she seductively whispers) “No… No, that’s just my Endometriosis.”We’ve come a long way […]