Endometriosis - When will medicine and society take the disease seriously?

190 million women around the world suffer from endometriosis, a chronic disease of the abdomen. For a long time, medicine didn’t take these women’s complaints seriously. But now, the taboo issue is finding a wider audience. Women are breaking their silence. At the age of 14, Theresia Crone had to...

26 min - Health & the Body - DW Documentary

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