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 ...

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For many women, blood is the least of their period troubles. It is well known that menstruating can bring pain, cramping, acne, mood swings—but a lesser-known symptom is period poops. The toilet ...

"Menstrual cycle syncing" and "hormonal syncing" are terms used to describe adjusting lifestyle habits to optimize health and wellness at every point of a woman's menstrual cycle. New research by ...

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For many women, missing a menstrual cycle can immediately spark worry or confusion. The most common assumption is pregnancy, but doctors caution that a missed period does not always mean conception.

My period is, and always has been, very regular, reliably arriving every 21 days. So when it was 10 days late this past September, I freaked out and called my doctor to figure out what the heck was ...