Fact Friday: More Than a Bad Day: Endometriosis, Disability and Everyday Life
Endometriosis is often described as a "period problem". It is not. It is a whole-body, inflammatory condition that affects the reproductive system, and its impact reaches far beyond the pelvis. Even NICE now recognises that endometriosis can affect multiple systems in the body and may need care from more [...]
Could Endometriosis Reach the Brain?
A Remarkable Case of Seizures Tied to the Menstrual Cycle Welcome back to Fact Friday. Most weeks, we cover research based on large groups of patients. This week is different. We are looking at a single, carefully documented case report, published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine in September 2026, [...]
Fact Friday: Does Endometriosis or Adenomyosis Change How You Experience Menopause?
What New Research Reveals, and What It Means Here in the UK Welcome back to Fact Friday, our weekly dive into the newest endometriosis and adenomyosis research, translated out of medical-journal language and into plain English. This week we're looking at a study that asks a question many of [...]
What a Scan Report Says Matters: Notes From the South West Imaging Training Academy Endometriosis and Adenomyosis Day
Dr Jodie Hughes, Founder, Endometriosis South Coast · October 2026 I was invited to join the NHS South West Imaging Training Academy for its endometriosis and adenomyosis training day, and to speak about the lived experience of endometriosis. It was a room full of sonographers, clinicians and trainers who give [...]
Living With an Invisible Illness
The reality of chronic pain with endometriosis and adenomyosis You can be in agonising pain and still look completely fine. That is one of the hardest parts of living with endometriosis or adenomyosis: the gap between how much pain someone is carrying and how little of it shows on [...]
Fact Friday: What Real Patients Say About Dienogest for Endometriosis Pain
New real-world research asked 146 endometriosis patients what dienogest actually did for their pain, their quality of life, and their side effects, here's what the study on this common endometriosis treatment found. Happy Fact Friday! Each week we pick one piece of new endometriosis or adenomyosis research and break it [...]
