BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a common chronic inflammation causing major problems including infertility. The role of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids as their potential anti-inflammatory effects in endometriosis needs to be further explored. The objective of this study was to compare serum phospholipid fatty acid profile in endometriosis patients with controls, and to explore the correlation of t...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this observational study was to evaluate the impact of endometriosis on quality of life (QoL) in different age groups of Swedish women with endometriosis. Recruitment occurred through the Endometriosis Association (Sweden) (n = 400) and five gynecology departments of five Swedish hospitals (n = 400). All voluntary female members of the patient organization and patients ...

Background. Limited scientific evidence supports the positive effects of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for treating dysmenorrhea. Thus, an observation period of 3 months could verify the ancient indication that TCM treatments effectively alleviate menstrual cramps in women with primary dysmenorrhea or endometriosis. Methods. A prospective, nonrandomized study (primary dysmenorrhea and endo...

BACKGROUND Endometriosis has been associated with a higher risk of cutaneous melanoma, but the mechanisms underlying this association are unknown.Some constitutional factors known to influence melanoma risk have been associated with endometriosis in some retrospective studies. However, prospective data are scarce, and more research is needed to confirm this potentially novel endometriosis risk ...

the aim ofthe current study wasto comparegeneral health and mood state profile in bodybuilders with/without anabolic steroid consumption. thestatistical populationconsisted of all bodybuilders in tehran city in 2015. 200 bodybuilders were selected from tehran sport clubs with convenience sampling method. after excluding unauthorized questionnaire, 192 questionnaires were analyzed. the data were...

Abstract Background Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition with varied presentation, which ultimately leads to pelvic pain and infertility. It psychological economic burden the women their families. Main body of abstract The literature search was performed on following databases: MEDLINE, Google Scholar, Scopus, EMBASE, Global health, COCHRANE library, Web Science. We searched entire...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of and twin pair concordance for endometriosis. DESIGN A questionnaire survey incorporating validation. SETTING An Australia-wide volunteer sample of female monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Twin Register. PATIENT(S) Twins were selected only on the basis of previous partic...

AIMS The EndoCost study aims to calculate the costs of endometriosis from a societal perspective. METHODS This multicentre, prevalence-based cost-of-illness analysis aggregates data on endometriosis costs and quality of life from a prospective hospital questionnaire and from both retrospective and prospective patient questionnaires. The EndoCost study comprises 12 representative tertiary care...

Endometriosis is a chronic female disease affecting the quality of life (QoL) and sexual satisfaction (SS) approximately 176 million women reproductive age worldwide. This study analysed variables that contributed to QoL SS, whether symptom severity moderated relationship between intensity QoL/ SS. cross-sectional included 124 diagnosed with clinical endometriosis. Participants answered Health ...