Endometriosis is an age-old condition and yet until recently, the complex disorder remained largely overlooked due to medical and social perceptions of women’s pain.
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Canada can significantly improve women’s health, in both the short- and long-term, by focusing on five attainable and affordable immediate actions.
Menopausal hormone therapy no longer has the highest-level warning label about the risk of breast cancer, opening a gray area on who would benefit most from treatment.
Polycystic ovary syndrome is an inaccurate name for a condition that affects millions of people worldwide. Its new name can help address missed diagnoses and fragmented care.
PMOS is not primarily a disease of the ovaries. Its new name reflects the condition’s more complex and cyclical endocrine and metabolic features.
Evidence suggests the widespread adoption of trauma-informed care practices can potentially improve access to care as well as quality of care for all patients.
Our research suggests that psychology plays a role in causing this common and extremely painful condition.
Women in Canada who are affected by pelvic organ prolapse should have access to two treatment options: both hysterectomy and uterine-preserving surgeries.
Pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder was only recently recognized as a mental health condition, so many health-care providers may also be new to understanding this hormone sensitivity and its treatment.
How and why preterm birth happens is still unclear, in part because research on pregnancy tends to focus on developmental biology.
Obstetric and gynecological violence is care that is violent, disrespectful, abusive or neglectful. At its heart is the absence of consent, or consent without having received appropriate information.
Endometriosis often means years of severe pain, lost productivity and dismissed symptoms before getting a diagnosis — followed by ineffective treatment. New funding aims to change this pattern.
Many of the preventable pregnancy-related deaths documented by the CDC are directly attributable to failures and barriers in the maternal care system.
There are currently no effective tests to screen for ovarian cancer. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to recognize and prevent it.
As it debunks old myths and uncovers previously ignored facts, science is finding that the vagina is both complex and busy.
Doing a ‘just in case’ wee too often, making a lifetime habit of it, can kick off a vicious cycle. You can end up training your bladder to ‘think’ it needs to go when it’s only slightly full.
Sexual health experts say it’s a misconception that the cervix is insensitive, which can have implications for some medical procedures.
Most women in the US give birth lying flat on their back, anesthetized. An obstetrician investigates why this is and whether this is always the best approach.
California teenager Jahi McMath’s family refused to accept the diagnosis of brain death. Her case opens up a number of questions – among them – what role did race play?
Unlike condoms, which need to be used every time with sex, or the pill, which must be taken every day, LARC doesn’t require any action after placement in the body and is immediately reversible.
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PhD Candidate, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Professor of Psychobiology, UNED - Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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Gynecologist & Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University - Newark
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Assistant Professor of Gynecology, Harvard University
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Research Assistant in the Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo
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Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Postdoctoral Scholar of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor, Département de sexologie, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Professeure agrégée, Section de droit civil, Faculté de droit, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Spence Professor of Sustainable Environmental Systems and the Director of the Institute for a Sustainable Environment, Clarkson University
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Midwifery, Yale University
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Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University
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Affiliate Faculty, Supervisor