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October 31, 2001
Press Releases Contact: Phyllis Mate NVA President 301-299-0775 pmate@nva.org SUSANNA KAYSEN, AUTHOR OF GIRL INTERRUPTED, BRINGS NATIONAL ATTENTION TO CHRONIC VULVAR PAIN Preliminary Findings from a Harvard Medical School Study Reveal that Chronic Vulvar Pain May Affect Millions of Women WHAT: Expert Commentary on the Emerging Problem of Chronic Vulvar Pain that May […]
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Press Releases Contact: Phyllis Mate NVA President 301-299-0775 pmate@nva.org NATIONAL VULVODYNIA ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES RESULTS FROM FIRST EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY ON CHRONIC VULVAR PAIN Study Finds That Almost 20% of Women Experience Chronic Vulvar Pain Boston, MA – October 16, 2001 – The National Vulvodynia Association (NVA) today announced preliminary results from the first epidemiological study […]
Read More »June 4, 2001
Press Releases Phyllis Mate NVA President 301-299-0775 pmate@nva.org HBO’s “Sex and the City” Portrays a Serious Women’s Health Condition With Inaccuracy The Reality of Vulvodynia – Millions Suffer (June 4, 2001) – In the season premiere of HBO’s Sex and the City which aired this past Sunday, Charlotte received a diagnosis of vulvodynia […]
Read More »November 15, 2000
Press Releases Phyllis Mate NVA President 301-299-0775 pmate@nva.org National Institutes of Health Provide First Funding on Misunderstood Gynecological Disorder WASHINGTON – November 15, 2000 – Three research studies on vulvodynia, a painful gynecologic disorder in women, have been awarded federal funding for the first time by the National Institutes of Health. According to Phyllis […]
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Press Releases Phyllis Mate NVA President 301-299-0775 pmate@nva.org National Institutes of Health Host First Symposium on Mysterious Illness Affecting Women WASHINGTON– Nearly 200 health care practitioners from nine countries gathered at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD to tackle a baffling women’s health disorder that has just started to gain recognition in […]
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