"Why does menstruation come every month?" "Why do menstrual cramps happen?" "Is it okay to leave irregular periods alone?" If ...

A qualitative study of 46 pediatric providers across 22 US states reveals why menstrual health remains under-addressed in ...

Most parents today would agree that they want their daughters to feel positively about their bodies and to be happy with their sexuality and their body functions. Most women remember, fairly vividly, ...

HISTORY OFFERS no shortage of unhinged takes on menstruation. In 77AD, Pliny the Elder claimed that contact with menstrual blood would turn crops barren and drive dogs mad. A medieval medical text ...

The Middle Ages scientific authority Pliny the Elder wrote 2,000 years ago that hailstorms, whirlwinds and lightning could be “scared away” by a woman “uncovering her body while her monthly courses ...

Menstruation is a completely natural and universal phenomenon, associated with normal female reproduction. However, it is surrounded by negative perceptions, and communication about it, when it occurs ...

Menstruation Explained: Period Symptoms, Ovulation and PMS: By Shreoshree Chakrabarty Have you ever been curious about what really happens during menstruation when girls reach puberty and begin their ...

Navigating puberty with your daughter is a pivotal journey for both parent and child. Among its significant milestones, explaining the arrival of her first period stands as a crucial and sensitive ...

But she has also seen a lot of myths spread by the very people seeking to fight those misconceptions. That is what she explores in her new book, The Managed Body: Developing Girls and Menstrual Health ...

We do know that researchers do not study menstruation enough. By Alice Lu-Culligan and Randi Hutter Epstein Ms. Lu-Culligan is an M.D.-Ph.D. student at Yale School of Medicine, where she studies the ...