Ep 88 Endometriosis: Menstrual Backwash

You’ve seen the headlines: a food-borne parasite is infecting people across the US, leaving them chained to the toilet sometimes for weeks on end, as they are ravaged by wave after wave of gastrointestinal upset. What the heck is cyclosporiasis and where did it come from? How sca ...  Show more

Social media ads for egg freezing. A craigslist-like site for breast milk. Fertility fairs featuring IVF clinics alongside shamanic nutritionists. Surrogacy contracts offering a discount for multiple embryos. The rapidly-growing global fertility industry promises hope, fulfillmen ...  Show more

Endometriosis can have severe impacts on a person’s health and wellbeing, with a wide variety of symptoms. So what is actually happening in the body when someone has endometriosis? In this first episode of a three-part series, medical experts explain what endometriosis is, its sy ...  Show more

While many of us have heard of endometriosis, much is still unknown and misunderstood about this disease that impacts more than 830,000 Australian women. Many sufferers face a long path to getting diagnosed and receiving treatment. At present, there is no known cure. In this fina ...  Show more

This common chronic condition — where tissue similar to what grows inside the uterus grows elsewhere in the body — is barely understood. So why is a condition so prevalent and painful still so unknown? It has a lot to do with who gets to ask research questions. Correction, Augus ...  Show more

Despite impacting over 190 million women worldwide, endometriosis is poorly understood and under-diagnosed. It takes an average of 7.5 years for someone to get a diagnosis. In this second episode, we explain why endometriosis is so hard to diagnose. Even the experts don’t know wh ...  Show more