{"id":18561,"date":"2024-04-02T07:38:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T07:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2023.re-check.ch\/?page_id=18561"},"modified":"2024-10-27T16:21:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T16:21:19","slug":"endometriosis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/en\/projects\/endometriosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Endometriosis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/endo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/endo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/endo.jpg 715w, https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/endo-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>People have been talking about endometriosis for over 100 years. Yet the questions about this medical condition are just as rare as are substantiated truths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> According to its current definition, 1.5% to 50% of women of childbearing age and 80% of those who experience painful menstruation could have endometriosis. This extraordinarily vague definition has transformed endometriosis into a very lucrative business for many: the pharmaceutical industry, surgeons, fertility centers, certification agencies, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the banner of \u201craising awareness\u201d, they all seek to attract \u201cundiagnosed\u201d women, whereas no panacea exists to treat it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Articles:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-accordeon\">\n      <ul class=\"accordion\" data-accordion data-multi-expand=\"true\" data-allow-all-closed=\"true\">\n              \n        <li class=\"accordion-item\" data-accordion-item>\n          <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">2011: \u00abM\u00e9dias instrumentalis\u00e9s par la pharma?\u00bb  (Has the media been manipulated by the pharmaceutical industry?), by Catherine Riva<\/a>\n          <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content>\n            <p>When a pharmaceutical company encourages journalists to talk about an illness, to ensure information of good quality is it enough not to mention the name of the treatment marketed by the company, and solicit experts? A recent example shows that nothing is less certain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2011-04_Edito_Bayer-endometriose.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Published by EDITO+KLARTEX (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n        \n              \n        <li class=\"accordion-item\" data-accordion-item>\n          <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">2012: \u00abEndom\u00e9triose: \u00e0 qui profite le mal?\u00bb Endometriosis: who benefits from the disease?), by Catherine Riva <\/a>\n          <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content>\n            <p>Endometriosis is often presented in the media and on the Internet as a disease affecting up to \u201c35%\u201d of women, which must be treated \u201cbefore it gets worse\u201d. Reality is more complex. However, this approach ends up attracting \u201cundiagnosed women\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230924001627\/https:\/www.femina.ch\/forme\/sante\/endometriose-a-qui-profite-le-mal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Published by Femina.<\/a><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n        \n              \n        <li class=\"accordion-item\" data-accordion-item>\n          <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">2017: \u00abEndom\u00e9triose \u00e0 36.9: compl\u00e9ment d\u2019enqu\u00eate Re-Check\u00bb  (In the TV show 36.9 about endometriosis: additional investigation by Re-Check) <\/a>\n          <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content>\n            <p>The show 36.9 on Swiss Television RTS featured Catherine Riva\u2019s previously published investigations on the business of endometriosis and the use of the media to \u201ccall out undiagnosed women\u201d, exposing conflicts of interest and disease mongering. Re-Check contributed to the show with an additional investigation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/fr\/endometriose-enquete-re-check-a-36-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article<\/a><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n        \n          <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"back\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/en\/projects\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"15015\"><i class=\"icofont-rounded-left\"><\/i> back<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People have been talking about endometriosis for over 100 years. Yet the questions about this medical condition are just as rare as are substantiated truths. According to its current definition, 1.5% to 50% of women of childbearing age and 80% of those who experience painful menstruation could have endometriosis. This extraordinarily vague definition has transformed<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/en\/projects\/endometriosis\/\" title=\"ReadEndometriosis\">&#8230; Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":15015,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18561","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18561"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19641,"href":"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18561\/revisions\/19641"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}