I experienced endometriosis symptoms as early as 14, but at the time—and really, for about the next four years—I didn’t think much of it. In health class and when speaking with doctors, I always heard ...

Birth control pills continue to be a popular and viable option for women with endometriosis attempting to manage endo pain. But when it comes to choosing the best pill, are all birth control pills ...

Fertility problems are highly associated with endometriosis, and it is thus the sixth fundamental symptom of the disease. Infertility is often defined as the inability to conceive a child. However, in ...

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food, is an oft-quoted adage from ancient Greek physician Hippocrates. He might as well have been speaking to endo women everywhere, because eating the ...

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What is gastrointestinal distress due to endometriosis? The fourth fundamental symptom of endometriosis is irregular bowel movements, mainly highly painful ones. A bowel movement is when your stool ...

After reviewing a record 61 grant applications, EndoFound’s Scientific Advisory Board has chosen its 2024 winners. Grants have been awarded to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine ...

Like everything else with endometriosis, severe bloating, also known as “endo belly” can be complex and varied from person to person. This “endo baby bump” is often painful and uncomfortable, and can ...

EndoFound is thrilled to share that the Senate approved a historic amendment doubling federal research funding for endometriosis research, allowing the National Institutes of Health to allocate $26 ...

January 25th is Women’s Health Research Day, a day that commemorates the implementation of the National Institutes of Health’s 2016 policy to improve the representation of women in clinical trials. It ...

If left undiagnosed and untreated, endometriosis is a disease that can slowly and steadily wreak havoc on a woman’s reproductive system, overall health, and livelihood. But it doesn’t have to if ...

It is important to note that fatigue is not a typical tired feeling due to a lack of sleep or a full day of work. Rather, endometriosis patients report feeling constant exhaustion. Patients have ...