For anyone who menstruates, this is a routine question during any visit to your doctor. Health care providers generally ask this to determine whether their patient is concerned about a menstrual ...

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Discover reasons for missed periods in your 40s, from perimenopause to stress, pregnancy, and health conditions. Learn signs and when to consult a doctor.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Let’s take a mental trip back to seventh-grade health class. When you got to the unit on menstruation, ...

Having a period is a lot like being a gladiator. Between the blood, sweat, and tears —and the relentless feeling of being ...

Influenza vaccination with or without concurrent COVID-19 vaccination was linked with longer menstrual cycles. Most menstrual cycles returned to pre-vaccination durations in the cycle after ...

Scientists reviewed nearly three decades of studies and found that while hormones may influence power, endurance, or coordination, the menstrual cycle’s real impact on women’s sports performance ...

How subtle shifts in estrogen and progesterone reshape appetite, metabolism, and nutrition needs—and why flexibility, not ...

Studies show the menstrual cycle changes certain brain regions. But they don’t reveal whether that’s connected to emotional fluctuations. Colored coronal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the ...

Women who lived through two major earthquakes in Turkey may have experienced physical symptoms in the form of disruptions to their menstrual cycles, according to a recent study. The menstrual cycle is ...

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