In July 2018, Treasa McCarthy contacte Verity about conducting a study on ‘The Lived Experience of PCOS’, below is a summary of what she found. PCOS may affect how women experience their intimate relationships, particularly…
Claire and Lizzie here, group leaders of the Leeds and West Yorkshire PCOS Verity Support group. We are sharing our experiences of running a support group, the highs and lows, the trials and successes we…
The SAFA study will find out more about a treatment (medicine) that might help women with acne. For some women, we think this treatment could replace using antibiotics (taken by mouth) for treating acne. Reducing…
“Right, unless there are broken bones – no one is backing out now” my chairman Chris signs off the email confirming I’ll be cycling from London to Paris in June 2019. Typical cocky me thought…
Written by Laura Murphy, Founder of Vicious Cycle: Making PMDD Visible project and on the Board of Directors at IAPMD. PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder) is a condition that affects around 1 in 20 women and…
Verity has been involved with the International guidelines for PCOS since the start and this involved attendance at the International Conference on PCOS in 2018. We have actively presented Patient views and perspectives and been involved in the…
I am a 3rd year Biomedical Science student studying at the University of Warwick. I am conducting a research project entitled ‘Metformin, Polycystic Ovarian syndrome and Pregnancy’. As part of my project I am doing…
My name is Elena Santonja and I am currently completing my MSc in Psychology, at Nottingham Trent University. As someone who has Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) herself, I decided to focus my final dissertation project exploring predictors of Quality of Life…
Have you been emotionally impacted by an uncertain fertility following a PCOS diagnosis? I would like to hear about your experience. I’m a trainee counsellor undertaking research as part of my MA in Clinical Counselling…
Do you have PCOS and are you over 18? Please help us with our important research at UCL. We are interested in how people with PCOS feel about their syndrome and how they view it….
