menstrual cycle

Doctors base gestational age off the first day of a patient's last menstrual period. But ultrasounds can also be used when that date isn't clear.

The new research affirms what many individuals had reported. But it also shows the changes to the menstrual cycle are mostly minor and brief, more akin to a sore arm than a dangerous reaction.

There’s a village in rural Guatemala where women are selling hand-sewn reusable menstrual pads. It’s a product medical experts say is necessary in some...

Five people tackle the taboo of periods, simply by talking about them out in the open.

A handful of Southwest Florida women traveled through rural Guatemala this past November, distributing much-needed reusable menstrual kits they spent...

A Southwest Florida group is making menstrual kits for women in Guatemala. Medical experts in the Central American country say women in rural areas...

Having a first period by age 11 and never having children were both associated with premature menopause, which this study defines as menopause by age 40.

Long-lasting hormone contraceptives are now the most recommended form of birth control for young women. And many women say the fact that they can reduce or eliminate periods is a big plus.