Did you know? 1 in 10 women worldwide suffer from endometriosis. Click the image below to see what it is like to live with endometriosis. Click here for a theme song to go with the photo gallery. Personally, I like the UB40 and 808 State remix.

Continue reading...

Salina Family Enters NASCAR Race to Raise Endometriosis Awareness Posted: Feb 25, 2010 3:36 PM (SALINA, Kan.) A Salina teen is diagnosed with a disease that causes extreme chronic pain. Endometriosis affects millions of women each year, but the cause is still a mystery. Now one family hopes to raise awareness. Shellby Humbargar is a [...]

Continue reading...

Endometriosis, the life-wrecker doctors dismiss as period pain By Caitlin Davies – dailymail.co.uk Last updated at 11:29 PM on 15th February 2010 Sometimes the pain was so bad Ruth Forwood, then aged just 12, would nearly pass out. ‘It felt like someone was stabbing me inside,’ she recalls. When she was 13, she went to [...]

Continue reading...

Would you jump 10,000 feet from an airplane to call attention to an incurable illness? That’s exactly what Abigail Smith will be doing on March 13, 2010 (her date has been rescheduled and will be announced again soon)! Abigail has endometriosis, an excruciating condition whereby the lining of the uterus travels and embeds in surrounding [...]

Continue reading...

Neuroendocrine cells in eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis (Research from Qilu Hospital of Shandong University in the area of endometriosis described.(Report) Article from: Women’s Health Weekly Article date: January 28, 2010 ) Data detailed in ‘Neuroendocrine cells in eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis’ have been presented. “Endometriosis is a common gynaecological disease, but [...]

Continue reading...