Dr Anna Klas, Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at Deakin University, joins Leah to talk about CodeEndo, an online supportive care program for people living with endometriosis. It was co-designed with people who have the condition and a team of more than 40 experts. Anna also brings her own lived experience: it took almost twenty years for her to be diagnosed.

We talk about why endometriosis is so often dismissed as "just bad periods", how diagnosis works in Australia, why surgery is not a cure, and why the program is built around choice and around believing people's pain. The trial explores whether the program supports health-related quality of life, alongside the medical care people already have.

Official study details: https://codeendo.deakin.edu.au/
The official study website is the authority on who can take part and how. This work is supported by the Australian Government, Canberra, under the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), grant number MRF2021609.

This podcast is general information, not medical advice, and nothing in it is a recommendation to join or avoid any study. If anything in this episode raised something for you, support services are listed at https://emergingevidencepodcast.com.au/#support

Conversations with the researchers behind Australia's current health and mental health studies, in plain language.

In this first episode, Leah speaks with Professor Gery Karantzas (Deakin University, Science of Adult Relationships Laboratory) about the Relationship Reset Study, a free trial supporting couples navigating relationship strain alongside alcohol or substance use.

For official trial details and eligibility, visit:

www. scienceofadultrelationships.org/rct

If anything in this episode raises difficult feelings, Lifeline is available on 13 11 14, and Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636. This podcast is editorial content, not medical advice.

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Every day in Australia, there's research happening that could change your life. New treatments, new studies, new understanding of the things that affect us most. Most of us never hear about it until years after it's finished. I'm Leah Veenhuizen, registered nurse and Masters of Counseling student, and this is Emerging Evidence, conversations with researchers behind Australia's current health and mental health studies in plain language, including the ones looking for everyday people to take part. The first episode's coming soon. Follow now, and I'll see you there