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The Four Different Stages of Endometriosis, Explained

An estimated 11 percent of women between the ages of 15 and 44 are affected by endometriosis, a painful disorder in which tissue that normally lines the uterus grows outside the uterus. “The tissue often travels backwards from inside the uterus, through the fallopian tubes, into the pelvis and becomes trapped in the pelvic cavity,”

Link between autoimmune, heart disease explained in mice

People with autoimmune diseases such as psoriasis, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis are at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease, even though none of these conditions seem to target the cardiovascular system directly. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis believe they have begun to understand the link between the two. Researchers