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The definition of endometriosis has been fairly straight forward: the presence of endometrial glands and endometrial lining tissue (or the stroma, what the glands grow in) outside the uterine lining where it naturally occurs. But the definition has become more complicated: maybe the person with a spot of endometriosis who has no pain doesn't even really have endometriosis. We now properly term endometriosis: the endometriosis syndrome. The endometriosis syndrome is associated with the errant tissue, but also with pain, various somatic symptoms, and infertility. Endometriosis syndrome pain can be menstrual cramps, it can be bloating, it can be painful intercourse. The endometriosis syndrome likely begins with the very first menstrual period, and it is characterized by progression and recurrences. Those who are born with abnormalities of the uterus and those who grow uterine abnormalities are more prone to developing the endometriosis syndrome. So women with bicornuate uteri or ut...

There are many theories about why and how we lose hair, and how to get your hair growth back on track. It may simply be a biologic response to lose hair periodically. If you are losing hair, most likely it's something you can recover from if in fact you actually get your hair growth cycle back on track. You are brushing your hair and suddenly you look at the brush, and it's filled with hair, the skin has more hair than usual, the drain in the show is showing signs as well. It's probably not going to be severe, it's probably not going to be long lasting, but it's disturbing when your hair loss is worse than usual. It's a form of stress for most women. The hair grows from follicles in healthy scalp and it cycles though growth of the hair from a follicle, then a period when the follicle withers or involutes and when that happens to that follicle with shedding of hair, and finally a rest period or the follicles hibernate. This is a three step process of anagen, cat...