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Endometriosis Is Having a Moment, But Not Soon Enough for Many Patients

May 8, 2024

What: An essay from Lucy Pasha-Robinson opens with one of the most gripping depictions of endometriosis pain I’ve ever read (spoiler alert: far worse than labor in her experience), but then quickly gets to the point: “there have been no new endometriosis treatments made available to patients for 40 years.”

Why it matters: “Why do breakthroughs in healthcare take so long to trickle down to the people living with these conditions? Probably for all sorts of good reasons. Gold-standard research takes time. But there’s a frustration as a patient in knowing there could be a solution to your suffering just around the corner, except you probably won’t get there in time to benefit.”

Source: The Guardian

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