Mary Lou Ballweg

No ORCID on file · 27 papers in corpus · active 1987-2015

Study types

  • article 17
  • other 3
  • review 3
  • letter 2
  • book 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 25
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 3
  • infertility 2
article 2015
Characteristics of Women with Endometriosis from the USA and Puerto Rico
Journal of endometriosis and pelvic pain disorders ·doi:10.5301/je.5000224

PURPOSE: To describe lifetime differences in clinical characteristics of women with endometriosis between the USA and Puerto Rico. METHODS: A descriptive study using self-administered demographic and clinical questionnaires was undertaken. …

other 2015
Endometriosis
·doi:10.1002/9781118896877.wbiehs129

Pain during sex is a problem affecting many with endometriosis, a chronic endocrine and immunological disease affecting an estimated 89 million women and girls worldwide. Environmental toxins and other factors have been implicated in this m…

article 2011
Adolescent Endometriosis: Improving the Comfort Level of Health Care Providers Treating Adolescents with Endometriosis
Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2011.07.004
article 2011
Treating Endometriosis in Adolescents: Does It Matter?
Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2011.07.003

Endometriosis has major physical and psychosocial impacts on teens, as well as long-term implications for their health. The hidden suffering of millions of adolescents worldwide calls on the medical profession to respond, despite the challe…

other 2010
Cancers, infections, and endocrine diseases in women with endometriosis
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.1698

OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of patient-reported, physician-diagnosed comorbid conditions in women with endometriosis. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of self-reported survey data. SETTING: Academic research. PATIENT(S): Four thousa…

article 2010
News from the endometriosis movement
·doi:10.5301/je.2009.2192

The beginning of the modern endometriosis movement – the effort to “put endometriosis on the map” as one physician recently labeled it – began with the founding of the first organization in the world devoted to endometriosis – the Endometri…

article 2010
News from the Endometriosis Movement
·doi:10.1177/228402651000200407
article 2010
News from the Endometriosis Movement
·doi:10.1177/228402651000200209
article 2010
News from the Endometriosis Movement
·doi:10.1177/228402651000200308
other 2009
Diagnostic experience among 4,334 women reporting surgically diagnosed endometriosis
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.020

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether first physician seen and symptoms beginning in adolescence have an impact on the diagnostic experience of endometriosis. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of self-reported survey data. SETTING: Academic researc…

article 2009
News from the Endometriosis Movement
·doi:10.1177/228402650900100201
article 2008
Cancers, infections, and endocrine diseases in women with endometriosis
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.248
article 2007
Does the duration of pelvic symptoms play a role in the prevalence of infertility in women with endometriosis?
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.723
article 2007
Treatment utilization for endometriosis symptoms: a cross-sectional survey study of lifetime experience
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.051

ObjectiveTo examine the lifetime utilization and perceived benefit of medical treatments and surgical procedures for endometriosis-related symptoms.DesignCross-sectional study of self-reported survey data.SettingAcademic research setting.Pa…

article 2006
A cross-sectional survey of women with endometriosis: Experiences during the diagnostic process
article 2006
P-348
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.07.704
review 2004
Impact of endometriosis on women's health: comparative historical data show that the earlier the onset, the more severe the disease
Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology ·doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2004.01.003

Looking at endometriosis from the bigger picture -- as a systemic endocrine, immunological, and gastrointestinal disease -- opens the door to broader treatments. The bigger-picture understanding of the disease also makes clear a variety of …

letter 2004
Selected food intake and risk of endometriosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deh561
review 2003
Big Picture of Endometriosis Helps Provide Guidance on Approach to Teens
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/s1083-3188(03)00063-9
article 2003
Introduction
·doi:10.1016/s1083-3188(03)00067-6
article 2003
Psychosocial Aspects of Teen Endo
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/s1083-3188(03)00065-2
article 2003
Tips on Treating Teens with Endometriosis
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/s1083-3188(03)00062-7
article 2002
Autoimmune and related diseases among women with endometriosis: a survey analysis
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)03031-x
letter 2002
Concerning the article by Meaddough et al: Sexual Activity, Orgasm and Tampon Use Are Associated with a Decreased Risk for Endometriosis
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000068355

Letters| January 30 2003 Concerning the article by Meaddough et al: Sexual Activity, Orgasm and Tampon Use Are Associated with a Decreased Risk for Endometriosis Subject Area: Further Areas , Women's and Children's Health Mary Lou Ballweg; …

review 1997
BLAMING THE VICTIM
Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America ·doi:10.1016/s0889-8545(05)70312-0

When faced with a disease as baffling and mysterious as endometriosis, there may be a tendency to make up answers where there are none. Unfortunately, this has caused tremendous difficulties in studying the disease and has caused problems f…