Endometriosis affects more than 11% of women of reproductive age in the U.S. and 190 million women worldwide. The average time to diagnose endometriosis is seven years after the onset of symptoms, ...

Hugh Taylor has long studied the endometrium, or lining of the uterus. But it was his patients who got him interested in better understanding endometriosis specifically. Endometriosis is a disease in ...

Endometriosis occurs when the endometrial-like cells that normally line your uterus grow in other parts of your pelvis, such as your ovaries or fallopian tubes. Depending on where the cells grow, ...

More research is needed to truly understand how fast endometriosis grows. Here’s what we do know. “The growth rate of endometriosis varies dramatically between individuals,” says Hugh Taylor MD, ...

Endometriosis tissue forms the lining of the uterus. When tissue similar to this grows in the intestines, it causes bowel endometriosis. Bowel endometriosis involves the abnormal growth of endometrial ...

Endometriosis, a chronic disease in which endometrial-like tissue grows outside the uterus on various other organs, affects about 10 percent of women of reproductive age, causing pain and sometimes ...