Menstrual leave employment policies allow employees experiencing painful menstrual cycle-related symptoms or illnesses, such as dysmenorrhea (painful periods) and menorrhagia (heavy bleeding) to take ...

“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 ...

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 ...

The parliament of Nepal has criminalised an ancient Hindu practice called chhaupadi that banishes women from the home during menstruation and after childbirth. “A woman during her menstruation or post ...

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 ...