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fromwww.bbc.com
3 days ago

'I have four months left to preserve my fertility'

It feels frightening, but the little eggs I do have left are good quality, so it's not over. When I was in my teens and early twenties I just thought I was getting urinary and kidney infections all the time. I just thought I was one of those unlucky girls. The pain just never went.
Medicine
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Difficulties diagnosing rabies did not affect grandmother's fatal outcome'

Yvonne Ford, 59, from Barnsley, died four months after she suffered a minor scratch when she startled a dog under her sun lounger on a Morocco beach during a holiday in February last year. She did not seek medical treatment at the time. It wasn't until June 2 2025 that Mrs Ford eventually went to Barnsley Hospital with a range of symptoms including severe headaches, nausea, mobility issues and disorientation.
Public health
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

I spent 13 years in pain before doctors finally worked out why

Endometriosis diagnosis is significantly delayed in the UK, with patients waiting an average of nine years and four months, often dismissed as other conditions despite severe symptoms.
Health
fromIndependent
7 months ago

'One study found ChatGPT answered over 90pc of questions about endometriosis correctly' - could AI cure healthcare's gender bias?

Gender bias in medicine leads to misdiagnoses and increased mortality for women.
Medicine
fromBuzzFeed
8 months ago

Women Are Sharing Times A Doctor Dismissed Their Concerning Symptoms As "Normal"

Misdiagnosis can have serious consequences, as exemplified by the delay in diagnosing a brain tumor despite severe headaches.
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