Social science & medicine (1982)

Discrimination may increase risk of spontaneous abortion (SAB, pregnancy loss <20 weeks' gestation) through physiological responses and limited access to resources. We examined associations between self-reported experiences of discriminatio…

Many transmasculine and gender diverse people assigned female at birth people use testosterone as gender-affirming hormone therapy, which is associated with significant changes to sexual and reproductive health. Additionally, transmasculine…

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disease in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows elsewhere in the body leading to a variety of symptoms including heavy and prolonged menstruation, chronic pain, cysts, infertility, an…

We focused in this study on how the private experience of pain is made public through online discourse by sufferers of endometriosis. Empirically, we analyse two highly active endometriosis communities on the online social platform Reddit. …

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on the continuity of healthcare provision. Appointments, treatments and surgeries for non-COVID patients were often delayed, with associated health losses for patients involved. OBJECTIV…

The internet is increasingly being used as a source of health advice and information by individuals with long term conditions (LTCs). Specifically, online forums allow people to interact with others with similar conditions. However, it is n…

'Menorrhagia', or heavy menstrual bleeding, is a common problem affecting women. The principal driver for treatment is women's experience of its interference in their lives, so a measure of quality of life (QoL) is increasingly used as the …

This paper analyses the gynaecological literature on endometriosis, particularly endometriosis classification, to evaluate the epistemological concepts it uses. A qualitative content analysis was conducted on a sample of gynaecological lite…

Endometriosis is a chronic gynaecological condition of uncertain aetiology characterised by menstrual irregularities. Several studies have previously identified a lengthy delay experienced by patients between the first onset of symptoms and…

Hysterectomy is performed much less frequently in Britain than in North America, Australia and some European countries. Various theories have been advanced to explain this lower rate of surgery. These include: fewer health care resources (h…