While working out can provide pain relief and quicker reactions on the field, new research shows a significant downside to ...

The Middle Ages scientific authority Pliny the Elder wrote 2,000 years ago that hailstorms, whirlwinds and lightning could be “scared away” by a woman “uncovering her body while her monthly courses ...

A new peer-reviewed study published in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living found that while female athletes weren’t more ...

The menstrual cycle is a key physiological process in women: it impacts performance, neuromuscular control, metabolism, and ...

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 ...

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.

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.

While at times painful and inconvenient, a woman’s menstrual cycle is ultimately something to celebrate. It’s a sign her body is fertile and aligned, and a time to retreat inward and offer her body ...

Lauren Silva, a freelance writer in New York City, believes in feeling good in your body and making that experience accessible to everyone across generations. The proof is in her ever-piling browser ...

Menstrual cramps may occur close to or during a period. Severe, longer lasting cramps may be a sign of a secondary condition, such as endometriosis or pelvic inflammatory disease. The term for pain ...