Endometriosis News

AI chatbots provided mostly accurate responses to endometriosis questions, but these resources were not comprehensive or accurate enough to replace counseling by health care experts, researchers reported in AJOG Global Reports.

Women with a history of endometriosis and uterine fibroids may be at a greater risk for premature death, results from a retrospective cohort study published in The BMJ suggest.

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Women with endometriosis do not have a higher risk for COVID-19 infection nor worsened symptoms with mRNA vaccinations, but may experience temporary increases in dysmenorrhea, according to findings published in Reproductive Sciences.

Women with endometriosis are not more likely to deliver preterm, but they do have higher odds of postpartum hemorrhage during cesarean birth and NICU admission compared with those without endometriosis, according to study results.

Live birth rates were lower for women with vs. without deep infiltrating endometriosis and/or endometrioma undergoing first IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection, according to study results published in Fertility and Sterility.

Relugolix combination therapy may be an effective and safe long-term treatment option for premenopausal women with endometriosis and nonmenstrual pelvic pain, researchers reported in Human Reproduction.

Endometriosis was significantly associated with higher risks for both ovarian and endometrial cancers, but was not significantly associated with cervical cancer risk, according to an analysis published in Current Oncology.

Long delays in endometriosis diagnosis are the result of factors spanning from lack of patient and provider awareness to insurance issues. Physicians should consider endometriosis when patients present with abdominal pain, an expert said.