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Polycystic ovary syndrome, which affects one in five women, seems to be caused by a hormonal imbalance. An IVF drug may fix this, and will be trialled soon

The most common cause of female infertility – polycystic ovary syndrome – may be caused by a hormonal imbalance before birth. The finding has led to a cure in mice, and a drug trial is set to begin in women later this year.

Polycystic ovary syndrome affects up to one in five women worldwide, three-quarters of whom struggle to fall pregnant. The condition is typically characterised by high levels of testosterone, ovarian cysts, irregular menstrual cycles, and problems regulating sugar, but the causes have long been a mystery. “It’s by far the most common hormonal condition affecting women of reproductive age but it hasn’t received a lot of attention,” says Robert Norman at the University of Adelaide in Australia.

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That’s outrageous!!

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this is one of the big problems of telling people who want to abort a child that they should put it up for adoption. What kind of person would knowingly put a baby into a system where this knd of thing is happens? It doesn’t happen to every child obviously, but who would play these oldds?

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sometimes ‘brb’ stands for ‘be ready bitch’ so you have to be careful

Girl: Are you nervous?

Me: Yes

Girl: Is this your first time?

Me: No it isn't. I have been nervous before.

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innocent smol business: I can’t sustain myself unless I underpay employees

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I have been asking for financial help for years, and it hasn’t gotten easier/less shameful, but here we go again. I have been suffering from OCD for years, and while it has gotten better recently, it merely went from deeply debilitating to highly severe. I can’t log on into spaces I PAY for; I had to throw away stuff I couldn’t afford to throw because it was “contaminated”; I can’t use hygiene products in my house or navigate the space without washing my hands every minute because of “contamination”. I cannot hold a full time, or even a part time job under those conditions, which means I am financially dependent on my emotionally abusive parents and under constant pressuring/emotional blackmailing.

Up until now, I was raising money to get out of this highly toxic situation (and to buy a computer, which managed to get) but I found myself pilfering the little bit I gathered to replace the stuff I threw away due to OCD related compulsions, and to buy hygiene products since I can’t use the ones that are available in my house. So right now, I am shelving my project of getting out for at least a month and fundraising to replace the possessions I threw away/buy hygiene products/and buy food since eating at home has become so difficult I skip meals. I am hoping to fundraise 400$, 50% less than what I was asking for in previous donations posts.

If you want to help, you can do so by donating here. You can also help me acquire photography/vlogging related stuff (essentially cameras/webcams) and books to help me produce writing/visual content and do knowledge curation (and potentially get money off it, which is the end goal) by buying stuff off my wishlist. If the shipping costs are prohibitive, don’t worry about it.

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I am despondent because I can’t eat and threw some more stuff. Thanks to those who helped, but I still need help.

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I am grateful for all the help and reblogs I got, so thank you for that. I am slowly realizing as fall/winter approach that I threw most of my winter clothes, including my coat (yikes) due to “contamination”, so that’s now a pressing concern of mine and I don’t have the money to replace this stuff. I also gave a big part of my donations to other people during the Hurricane Harvey, which is not something I regret, but it means that I don’t have much. My goal is now set at 500$ and you can donate here. I also still welcome books and the hygiene products I have on my wishlist. I know there are so many people with urgent, pressing needs, so if you can’t donate or would rather donate to someone else, you can signal boost.