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surgery to confirm endometriosis

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A home test kit may let you diagnose endometriosis years earlier

It can take years to diagnose extreme period pain as endometriosis. The longer it goes untreated, the more it affects fertility - could a spit test change that?

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cancer nerves

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Getting on cancer’s nerves: A surprising way to thwart tumours

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Women don’t need to ‘switch off’ to climax, orgasm study shows

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Computer knows how much pain you are in by studying your face

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statins

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Genetic test helps people avoid statins that may cause them pain

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Hundreds charged in huge opioid and healthcare fraud crackdown

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Protest march raising awareness of endometriosis

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Women with worse endometriosis pain have more fertility problems

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Electrode can tell you if a baby is really experiencing pain

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Medical marijuana may be a salve for the US opioid epidemic

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Chronic pain and depression are linked by brain gene changes

At least 40 per cent of people with severe chronic pain develop depression. A mouse study has found changes in brain gene activity that may explain the link

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Robot that shows pain could teach doctors to recognise it better

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Looking at a virtual hand reduces the pain in your real hand

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Australia bans non-prescription codeine to fight opioid crisis

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Why some itches can’t be scratched – and how to combat them

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