The Role of Generalists in Infertility Management
April 28th, 2017 by Brienne Poole Over one million women in the United States have reported issues with infertility [1]. Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after >12 consecutive months of unprotected sexual intercourse, and it can cause...
Past Use of Oral Contraceptives Associated with Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis
March 28, 2017 by Richard Fehring, PhD, RN Background Research evidence is mixed as to whether the use of oral hormonal contraceptives (OC) can cause or facilitate endometriosis. Part of the reason for the mixed results is that, in previous studies,...
Charting with Endometriosis:
An Interview with Specialist Dr.Yeung
Dr. Patrick Yeung is an Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Endometriosis at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine. New medical student graduate and FACTS Student Ambassador Brianna Wynne recently spoke with Dr. Yeung in order to...
Prior Contraceptive Use Increases Risk of Endometriosis among Women without Children
March 21, 2017 by Richard Fehring, PhD, RN Background Endometriosis is a disease with limited treatment options that often results in pelvic pain, reduced quality of life, and infertility for women of reproductive age. Although oral contraceptive pills...
Premenstrual Spotting Found to be Predictive of Endometriosis among Women with Infertility
Endometriosis can be a debilitating disease affecting about 6-10% of reproductive age women and is associated with pelvic pain and infertility. Since endometriosis is a progressive disease, diagnosing and surgically treating it early is important.
Filling the Knowledge Gap with FACTS – How One Medical Student Learned about FABMs
March 10th, 2017 by Ana-Maria Dumitru I vividly remember the first time I heard anything about natural methods of family planning. I was a pre-teen who largely had no idea what was going on at any given point in time. I had been completely surprised by...