This is ELANZA's newsletter, with the latest science and solutions around fertility, family and reproductive health. We curate content worth sharing, so forward it on to a friend or colleague if you enjoyed it! Here's what we're reading and talking about👇 |
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Amy Schumer's “lonely” disease |
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Here's what we're covering today : 🎄 Stress: How to avoid the ‘holidaze’ ⚕️ Care: Australia sets up a women’s health council to tackle medical misogyny ⚧️ Health: Should the term ‘women’s health' be banned? |
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✊ Iran’s protests partly due to “backslide” in women’s health rights: A contentious law severely restricts women’s access to abortion and contraception, and the chilling effects are now being seen in Iran’s government healthcare services. The BMJ / Read more ⚔️ Australia's new women's health council will tackle misogyny: Experts will examine care for menstruation, menopause and conditions such as heart disease, autism and cancer, including issues such as medical consent and pain management. Guardian / Read more 🎄 8 Ways to avoid the ‘Holidaze’. The holidays often turn into hectic instead of joyous times, mimicking the hustle work culture that many are immersed in from day-to-day. Forbes / Read more |
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😞 Living with endometriosis: putting on a brave face while crumbling with pain. "Like a stubborn weed, endometriosis has slowly and painfully taken over my fallopian tubes, uterus and ovaries. Like a parasite, it has taken over my entire reproductive system." LiveWire / Read more 🩸 For patients with sickle cell disease, fertility care is about reproductive justice. Sickle cell disease can damage patients' bodies in ways that can affect their ability to have children. NPR / Read more 👩👧 Endometriosis and fertility: what you need to know. There is increasing evidence that the quality and quantity of eggs in women with endometriosis is affected. ELANZA Wellness / Read more ⚧️ Are the term's ‘men’s health' and ‘women’s health' problematic? How medical guidelines are evolving. Cleveland Clinic / Read more |
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Addressing a “lonely, lonely disease" |
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The actor Amy Schumer, 41, underwent a hysterectomy to help manage symptoms of endometriosis. In an upcoming docuseries, she shares: "It was just this pain you can't see…there is the inclination to always think a woman is just being dramatic. You tell someone you get really bad cramps and they’re like "Oh, well, being a woman…' And you're like, 'No, it's irregular.'" One of the biggest gaps in chronic reproductive healthcare is one of the most shockingly basic: believing people when they say they are in pain. At ELANZA, we're expanding our platform and working on a new virtual care space where people across the US with endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain can more easily connect with top specialists who vow to really listen and validate their experiences, and bring an evidence-based, personalized approach. It's time for change. Get more info here - or share this on to benefit a friend or family member. |
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