Menstrual Health Basics
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Menstrual Cramps Can Be Worse in Normal-Length Cycles Without Ovulation
Press Release: University of British Columbia – July 11, 2024 Peer-reviewed Publication New study shows that menstrual cramps, unexpectedly, were more painful and lasted for more days in the cycles without release of an egg (anovulatory) According to current understanding, menstrual cramps only happen in cycles in which an egg is released, or an ovulatory…
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Perimenopause Research Lecture: Fraser Health
Dr. Prior presenting at the Fraser Health Wellbeing Guest Speaker Series where she discussed Perimenopause – women’s misunderstood, confusing, and long midlife transition. This presentation was recorded at the Surrey Memorial Hospital, BC in December 2023.
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The Endocrine News Podcast: Ovulatory Disturbances and SARS-COV2
In July 2022, while in Atlanta at the Endocrine Society Conference, Dr. Jerilynn Prior talked to host Aaron Lohr of The Endocrine News Podcast about Ovulatory Disturbances during the SARS-COV2 pandemic. Click the button below to learn more and listen to this episode. You can also find this episode wherever you listen to podcasts (search for…
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Ovulation Disturbances with Dr. Jerilynn Prior: fx Medicine Podcast
Ovulatory disturbances pose significant challenges to women’s reproductive health, making it crucial that practitioners have a comprehensive understanding of this complex topic. In this episode, Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism Dr. Jerilynn Prior and fx Medicine Ambassador Emma Sutherland provide clinicians with essential insights into the causes, diagnostic indicators, hormonal balance, and potential interventions associated…
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Menstrual Flow and Timing Changes Following COVID-19 Infection or Vaccination
Acute COVID-19 Illness and Menstrual Cycles During hospitalization for acute illness with COVID-19 infection, younger women in Wuhan, China’s outbreak experienced changes in their menstrual cycles1. The most common change was to have menstrual cycles that were 33 or more days apart (that occurred for 42% of the 237 women studied)1. These longer cycles were…
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Healing the Menstrual Cycle in PCOS
It is difficult living with PCOS or Anovulatory Androgen Excess (AAE) Current understanding PCOS is difficult to treat and can never be cured “The Pill”, combined hormonal contraceptives (CHC) of high estrogen/progestin is our best currently available and scientifically proven PCOS therapy Metformin is an important and safe medicine that acts to make insulin work…