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The majority of women experience some cramping for one to two days in their periods. from shutterstock.com

Health Check: are painful periods normal?

Period pain usually begins soon after a girl starts menstruating, but commonly gets better as she gets older.
One in ten women worldwide are thought to have endometriosis. nerosunero/Flickr

Women with endometriosis need support, not judgement

Women with endometriosis say it affects their whole life, but they receive little support for managing this condition, which doesn’t have a cure or a treatment regime without nasty side effects.
Painful but not taboo. Pain by Shutterstock

Endometriosis is more than just a ‘women’s problem’

Why does a disease which causes pain and infertility, and which affects around 10% of UK women, take up to ten years to diagnose? Endometriosis is common and debilitating. Deposits of tissue resembling…

Endometriosis linked to ovarian cancer

Women with a history of endometriosis are more likely to develop three different types of ovarian cancer. More than 23,000…

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