Following the very exciting initial findings from the Decode ME study, which found that people with a Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) diagnosis have significant genetic differences in their DNA compared to the general population, we were delighted to hear BBC Radio Wales cover the study – and people’s lived experiences – in detail during an episode of The Phone in with Oliver Hides.
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Are you taking HRT and still experiencing menopause symptoms?
We are conducting a project to develop a measure of the costs related to having menopausal symptoms for use in the ESTEEM trial which is looking at the use of testosterone when added to hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
Everywoman Festival
We were thrilled to be invited to take to the main stage at this year’s Everywoman Festival, with Engagement Officer, Dee, a panellist alongside NHS Wales Women’s Health Clinical Lead, Dr Helen Munro, and Director of the new Wales Women’s Health Research Centre, Professor Jacky Boivin, and Chaired by the Chief Nursing Officer, Sue Tranka.
Drawing Out Long-Term Health Issues in Wales
Thanks to funding from the Rosa ‘Voices from the Frontline’ Fund, we were excited to host two ‘arts & wellbeing’ workshops during the last month with FTWW members in south and north Wales.
Join FTWW to Illustrate & Raise Awareness of Women’s Health Experiences!
FTWW and our friends at Cardiff University will be hosting two workshops on Drawing Out Long-Term Health Issues.
Open to women and people registered female at birth living or receiving healthcare in Wales, these workshops use step-by-step drawing exercises to help people express and share their thoughts and feelings about their health issues. You can read more about the process here.
Experts call for urgent mental health support for people living with long term autoimmune diseases
A new study has highlighted the shocking mismatch of clinician and patients experiences of neurological and mental health issues in people with...
Results from new study offer hope for women with endometriosis
[:en]FTWW is pleased to see the positive outcome of this study that was published by the BSGE endometriosis centres project yesterday. It reiterates...
FTWW Contributes to Endometriosis Priority Setting Workshop
[:en] This week, FTWW was pleased to be invited to participate in the final 'Endometriosis Priority Setting Workshop' in London, facilitated by the...