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  1. Andy
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    Wales: NHS: The Quality Statement for women and girls’ health, 2022

    "The quality statement describes what health boards are expected to deliver to ensure good quality health services to support women and girls....
    Thread by: Andy, Jul 8, 2022, 1 replies, in forum: Other guidelines
  2. Sly Saint
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    “It’s All in Your Head”: A Meta-Synthesis,.., About Disenfranchising Talk Experienced by Female Patients with Chronic ... Pain Conditions, 2022, Hintz

    Elizabeth Hintz ABSTRACT Interactions between female patients with chronic pain and their medical providers in which providers question or...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Jun 13, 2022, 0 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  3. JohnTheJack
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    I was in pain for years. After I was repeatedly told I just had ‘bad periods’, a giant cyst was found on my ovary. By Holly Bourne. The Times (London)

    For years I was told to doubt my own body. My own pain levels. I was put to sleep and cut open, only to be told I didn’t have a disease I did...
    Thread by: JohnTheJack, May 16, 2022, 3 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  4. Andy
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    Sex differences in the trajectories to diagnosis of patients presenting with common somatic symptoms in primary care..., 2021, Ballering et al

    Full title: Sex differences in the trajectories to diagnosis of patients presenting with common somatic symptoms in primary care: an observational...
    Thread by: Andy, Aug 14, 2021, 3 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  5. Sean
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    "Instead of believing my reports of pain, experts told me to have a baby or see a psychiatrist"

    Sound familiar? Instead of believing my reports of pain, experts told me to have a baby or see a psychiatrist...
    Thread by: Sean, Jun 5, 2021, 13 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  6. Andy
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    UK News article: Women are still branded ‘hysterical’ because of chronic illnesses which are under-researched and under-funded

    "The Department of Health and Social Care marked International Women’s Day this year with the launch of a consultation, asking women in England to...
    Thread by: Andy, Mar 16, 2021, 0 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  7. Cheshire
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    ‘Disgusting’ study rating attractiveness of women with endometriosis retracted by medical journal (2020)

    Fertility and Sterility took seven years to take down Italian study, which was criticised by doctors for ethical concerns and dubious...
    Thread by: Cheshire, Aug 5, 2020, 9 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  8. Sly Saint
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    Daily Telegraph: Why do we tell women they're mad, when they're really ill? Nov 18 2019

    or "Stop telling women they're mad when they're really ill" [MEDIA] [MEDIA]
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Nov 19, 2019, 20 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  9. ladycatlover
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    The female problem: how male bias in medical trials ruined women's health.Gabrielle Jackson, 14 Nov 2019, The Guardian.

    From the earliest days of medicine, women have been considered inferior versions of men. In On the Generation of Animals, the Greek philosopher...
    Thread by: ladycatlover, Nov 14, 2019, 4 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  10. Daisymay
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    Public Damning Report on BMA

    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/oct/17/bma-apologises-to-female-doctors-over-sexism BMA apologises to female doctors over sexism...
    Thread by: Daisymay, Oct 20, 2019, 0 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  11. Rick Sanchez
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    Bias in medicine - Sex and Race John Oliver

    [MEDIA] Thought this would be relevant to many ME/CFS patients. Glad this sort of stuff is getting more mainstream coverage.
    Thread by: Rick Sanchez, Aug 19, 2019, 17 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  12. JohnTheJack
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    Channel 4 Dispatches programme on Breast Implant Illness (24/06/2019)

    Programme on how women were disbelieved for years when they said their breast implants were making them ill....
    Thread by: JohnTheJack, Jun 24, 2019, 3 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  13. Andy
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    USA: Francis Collins (NIH)

    Medpage today: "NIH Striving to Avoid False Hope in Chronic Fatigue" Shame about the title, yet again. BETHESDA, Md. -- The National Institutes...
    Thread by: Andy, Jan 16, 2018, 82 replies, in forum: News from organisations
  14. Andy
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    Duvet woman versus action man: the gendered aetiology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome according to English newspapers, 2019, Tobbell et al

    ABSTRACT Media portrayals of conditions such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) demand exploration as the media is a...
    Thread by: Andy, Apr 17, 2019, 21 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  15. Andy
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    Blog: Spoonseeker, "MUS – International Women’s Day"

    A friend has asked me to post this and I thoroughly agree that this is an important issue affecting women in particular. People with M.E. may...
    Thread by: Andy, Mar 9, 2019, 1 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  16. Ravn
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    Journal of Pediatric Psychology: Gender Bias in Pediatric Pain Assessment

    Gender Bias in Pediatric Pain Assessment...
    Thread by: Ravn, Jan 27, 2019, 7 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  17. Sly Saint
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    “The Sexist Truth about Contested Illnesses” - podcast with Michael VanElzakker

    [MEDIA] [MEDIA] transcript available here: [MEDIA]
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Nov 16, 2018, 12 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  18. Alvin
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    Everybody was telling me there was nothing wrong

    Compared to many other diseases, diagnosing a brain tumour is fairly straightforward. Promptly detecting it comes down to being concerned enough...
    Thread by: Alvin, May 31, 2018, 33 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  19. Arnie Pye
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    One side effect of being young, female and sick: People won’t believe you

    My reason for posting about this article is not because the article is fantastically good (it isn't), but because the comments in reply to it are...
    Thread by: Arnie Pye, May 6, 2018, 13 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  20. Indigophoton
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    The New York Times: When Doctors Downplay Women’s Health Concerns

    “Well, you look like you’re doing great,” my primary care physician cheerfully informed me. I stared at her from the examination table in...
    Thread by: Indigophoton, May 6, 2018, 1 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
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