Improving Women's Health through Education, Research, Support and Advocacy
Katie Conrad. I was 24 when I was diagnosed with what I now call “The Big V” and I thought my life was over. However, when your life is full of promise (I had just gotten my first job and was engaged) and a doctor hands down a verdict of chronic pain, you learn one thing: you can't give up!
by Howard I. Glazer, PhD and Gae Rodke, MD
The National Vulvodynia Association is pleased to release a recently published article featuring NVA President, Phyllis Mate, and highlighting the NVA's many achievements since 1994 in supporting women with chronic vulvar pain.
Betsy Foxman PhD, a professor and director at the Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, was awarded an NVA research grant for a study on Molecular Microbial Markers and Vulvodynia.
Below are a few highlights: Recent Advances in Understanding Provoked Vestibulodynia By Ahinoam Lev-Sagie, M.D., and Steven S. Witkin. Ph.D.; Pelvic Floor Assessment in Women with Vulvodynia By Stephanie Prendergast, M.P.T.