by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 3, 2009 | Communication, Dysmenorrhea, Health Care, Menorrhagia, Menstruation, New Research
A couple of months ago, we wrote about Kate Seear’s research findings that menstrual etiquette is a frequent cause of delayed diagnosis of endometriosis. In related news, medical researchers writing in a recent issue of the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 22, 2009 | Health Care
Our readers outside the U.S. may want to just skip over this post. I’ve been watching what passes for debate over health care reform in the U.S. for months now, and it’s making me increasingly cranky. I suppose I’ve known for years that political...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 20, 2009 | Health Care, New Research
When a link to this study, which found that the higher a patient’s BMI, the lower their physician’s respect for them, showed up in my Twitter feed yesterday (thanks, Michelle), I started connecting some dots. Women delay seeking treatment for menstrual...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 12, 2009 | Communication, Health Care
Via Women’s Health News (a very useful blog maintained by medical librarian Rachel Walden), I learned of My OB said WHAT?!?. This site tracks appalling, offensive, and a few downright abusive things OB-GYN practitioners have said to their patients. A few...
