Endometriosis Treatment Trends 2025: Separating Proven Science from Passing Fads
Medical innovation in endometriosis management has exploded recently. As diagnostic capabilities improve and awareness spreads among the 190 million women worldwide living with this condition, physicians face a unique challenge: distinguishing genuine therapeutic breakthroughs from overhyped marketing claims. Every conference brings new “revolutionary” approaches—hormonal medications promising miracle relief, supplements claiming natural cures, regenerative therapies offering […]
The Mayflower Endometriosis Disease Radar: Visualizing 5 Organ Systems Affected by Endometriosis
Good evening doc. Today’s edition comes a bit late mostly because we over-engineered a visualization we wanted to share with you. Why? Well, because sometimes one gets carried away. But also because after all these weeks of talking about endometriosis, you deserve to take a step back and just let all that complexity sink in. […]
Endometriosis in Menopause: The Five Rogue Forms Doctors Often Miss
Menopause is an interesting point in time. Besides the fact that it is generally under-researched like most things around women’s health, in the context of endometriosis, menopause is seen as a good thing. The hormones will finally stop. The pituitary will take a chill. LH and FSH will take some rest and most importantly, estrogen […]
Doctor Communication Mistakes: 3 Patterns That Drive Patients Away (And How to Fix Them)
Good evening Doc! The biggest flaw in the Indian medical education system is that it does not prepare you for the business of medicine. You learn about anatomical structures in the pelvis and the blood-brain barrier, but there is absolutely no conversation around what makes for a successful medical practice. And I’m not talking about […]
Thoracic Endometriosis: When Endometriosis Spreads to the Diaphragm and Lungs
Good evening friend. Last week has been spent really contemplating this one surgery that we performed at Mayflower. The kind that only comes once in a long time, and even then demands that we be just as prepared for it. Today’s edition is about thoracic endometriosis—extra-pelvic involvement of endometriosis that reaches all the way up […]
The Peritoneum and Endometriosis: Understanding How the Disease Spreads
Hey doc! At a gathering of true endometriosis experts, you would be called a liar if you said peritoneal involvement isn’t common in most cases you see. It’s almost a given—peritoneal endometriosis affects the majority of women with the disease. And yet, dealing with endometriosis over this connective and complex tissue remains one of the […]
From Misdiagnosis to Recovery: One Woman’s 7-Year Endometriosis Journey
Imagine you’re a woman in your 30s. Your second child has just started going to school, you’re beginning to find your old self back, planning your career ahead, applying for jobs, giving interviews when you start to realize that your periods have gotten worse over the last few months. More painful. Heavier bleeding. Sharper mood […]
Endometriosis in India Survey: Help Shape the First Comprehensive Treatment Report
Endometriosis affects nearly 1 in 10 women in India—that’s over 25 million women living with chronic pain, infertility struggles, and delayed diagnosis. And yet, comprehensive data on how endometriosis is being diagnosed and treated across India is woefully lacking. Not only among patients but also among doctors. The diagnostic delay averages 7-10 years. Treatment approaches […]
When to Avoid Endometriosis Surgery: Why the Best Surgeries Are the Ones We Don’t Do
A lot of the work that happens on this newsletter every week is focused on the act of doing. What surgery will we perform to remove endometriosis? What techniques can we use to restore anatomy? How do we approach deep infiltrating disease? And important as it might be to know what to do, it’s sometimes […]
The SAD Triangle of Endometriosis: Why There’s Always More to Say After 1 Year
Do you think there’s even enough material to write about endometriosis? You’re just gonna run out of content after 10 editions.” This is verbatim what the marketing head of a very reputed surgical devices company once said to us when we were about to launch this newsletter. One year and 52 editions later, we’re still […]