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 ...

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No matter what brings a woman to the doctor’s office, she can expect one question without fail: “When was the first day of your last menstrual period?” Dr. Alla Vash-Margita, chief of pediatric and ...

If you have an extremely short cycle, then the time you ovulate could overlap with your period and you could get pregnant if you have unprotected sex.

The timing of your first period offers important clues about your hormonal health and future fertility. Whether menarche occurs early or late, it may indicate underlying hormonal health, affecting ...

Data from Mindbody’s 2023 Wellness Index report showed that 35% of women between 18-50 are structuring their workouts based on their menstrual cycle. Overall, the data showed they were more engaged ...

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Tracking your menstrual cycle can help you to better understand your body – and work with it – so that you can optimise your training. While the menstrual cycle remains largely taboo and ...

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 ...

It was once a commonly held belief that women's menstrual cycles were linked to the moon's cycles, a theory that researchers from Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) think is highly likely.

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