March 9, 2026
Midlife and Older Women With hEDS and HSD: What Impacts Quality of Life Most?
New research on health-related quality of life, diagnostic delays, comorbidities, and aging with hypermobility
Newsletter
Dr. Linda Bluestein, The Hypermobility MD, provides an in-depth exploration of connective tissue disorders like Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders utilizing her professional and firsthand experience.
March 2, 2026
When POTS Treatment Isn’t Working
Exploring Dysautonomia, Autonomic Dysfunction, Mast Cell Activation, Hormonal Imbalance, and Post-Viral Drivers
Feb. 23, 2026
When “Healthy” Water Bottles Trigger Symptoms
Stainless Steel Water Bottles, Nickel Allergy, MCAS, Migraine, Hormone Sensitivity & Dysautonomia: A Clinical Review
Feb. 16, 2026
Netflix’s Run Away Quietly Gets EDS Right - Ambulatory Wheelchair Use Explained
What this portrayal teaches about dynamic disability, mobility aids, and Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes
Feb. 12, 2026
When Comprehensive Care Clinics Fail
Lessons from the Metrodora Closure for EDS, POTS, and Complex Chronic Illness
Feb. 9, 2026
Why Perimenopause Hits Harder in Hypermobile Women
How hormonal changes during perimenopause can worsen pain, dysautonomia, and joint instability in women with EDS and hypermobility
Jan. 22, 2026
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A private space for us to converse and connect
Jan. 19, 2026
What Not to Say to Patients With Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes, Symptomatic Joint Hypermobility, and Chronic Pain
Insights from a Physician Who Is Also a Patient
Jan. 12, 2026
Variants of Uncertain Significance (VUS)
What they really mean - and why they come up so often in Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and related conditions
Jan. 5, 2026
Questions to Ask Your Surgeon
Why This Matters for Patients With Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes, Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder, and Other Complex Conditions
Dec. 22, 2025
Why GLP-1 Medications Are Suddenly Everywhere
And what That Means for People With EDS, MCAS, and POTS
Dec. 15, 2025
Dr. Bluestein’s Holiday Gift Guide 2025
Thoughtful Support for People with Hypermobility, EDS, HSD, Chronic Pain, Dysautonomia, MCAS, ME/CFS, and Long COVID
Dec. 8, 2025
Why Local Anesthetics Fail in Ehlers–Danlos Syndromes
Welcome back to The Bendy Bulletin.
Dec. 1, 2025
When “Psychiatric” Symptoms Are Medical in Disguise
And why this matters for people with EDS, HSD, chronic pain, dysautonomia, MCAS, ME/CFS and long COVID
Nov. 24, 2025
The FDA Just Removed Black Box Warnings from Menopausal Hormone Therapy
Why it matters for people with EDS, HSD, and dysautonomia.
