It took journalist Lizzie O’Leary 21 years to be diagnosed with endometriosis, even though her symptoms appeared shortly after her first period. According to the Endometriosis Foundation of America, at least 200 million women worldwide have endometriosis, an estrogen-dependent chronic inflammatory disease that affects women starting at reproductive age. “Treatments are available, but we don’t know who yet who will respond in which way to what treatments. Noemie Elhadad/Phendo“I want to change the mental model of the way the disease is diagnosed,” explained Elhadad. Currently Phendo has about 6,000 participants throughout the world who actively engage and track their symptoms and treatments.

Source: Huffington Post March 21, 2019 14:48 UTC