“Are you on your period?” my grandmother regularly asked during my visits to Nepal as a teenager. She wanted to know because I would be “unclean” if I was menstruating. I felt a mix of guilt and ...

Researchers at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Oslo surveyed women who do not menstruate, whether due to perimenopause, menopause, or use of hormonal contraception, who developed vaginal ...

Is it true that girls in the United States, particularly girls of color, are getting their periods earlier than past generations? A new study of 71,341 women supports the growing concern that the age ...

A new study says women perform better — and have faster response times — when they are menstruating FG Trade/Getty Women are better athletes when they’re menstruating, showing sharper response times ...

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About 8–12% of couples of reproductive age suffer from infertility, and roughly 15% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage. The underlying mechanisms of human pregnancy are still poorly understood. In ...