BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

Data on health equity to inform societally relevant evidence based decisions and policy making are lacking in the research literature. Observational studies have the potential to provide data on health equity. Yet, guidance on how to report…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between contemporary hormonal contraceptive use and the risk of incident ischaemic stroke and myocardial infarction. DESIGN: Real-world, nationwide, prospective cohort study. SETTING: Denmark, by use…

OBJECTIVE: To prospectively assess the effect of endometriosis and uterine fibroids on the long term risk of premature mortality (younger than 70 years). DESIGN: Prospective cohort study SETTING: The Nurses' Health Study II, United States (…

Endometriosis and ovarian cancer riskEndometriosis affects around 11% of women of reproductive age and is an underlying cause of up to 50% of pelvic pain and female infertility.An additional worry is that having endometriosis carries a smal…

Abstract Objectives To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of long acting progestogens compared with the combined oral contraceptive pill in preventing recurrence of endometriosis related pain. Design The PRE-EMPT (preventing recurrence of …

Inadequate menstrual health education in the UK contributes to delayed and poor treatment for menstrual related disorders, such as endometriosis and uterine fibroids, many of which severely impact quality of life. 1 Systemic racism and unco…

Endometriosis affects approximately 190 million women and people assigned female at birth worldwide. It is a chronic, inflammatory, gynecologic disease marked by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, which in many pati…

A woman whose endometriosis was undiagnosed for nearly 15 years has won £500 000 (€553 000; $659 000) compensation from the NHS in an out-of-court settlement. Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust agreed to settle the claim by Frances …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the risks of ovarian, breast, and corpus uteri cancer in women who have had assisted reproduction. DESIGN: Large, population based, data linkage cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: All women who had assisted …

#### What you need to know Endometriosis is one of the most common gynaecological disorders, affecting an estimated 10% of women in the reproductive age group (usually 15-49 years old), and in the UK it is the second most common gynaecolog…