Menstruation

A lot of times when women get older and approach menopause they have an increased risk of having a depression. It is thought that depression is not directly caused by menopause, however both may occur at the same time. The reason for the depression, as believed by many scientists, is the change in <...>

So you've made a decision to become a parent. Congratulations! Being a parent is one of the most wonderful things a person can experience in his life, but it also entails ample challenges and the first one is to actually conceive a child. A lot of times people think that conceiving is very simple <...>

About 85% women worldwide experience Premenstrual Syndrome - PMS - and virtually every woman has had symptoms of PMS at least once in her life. Term PMS is used to describe a variety of physical and emotional events that a woman goes through during the days of her period cycle. Usually the PMS <...>

PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) was originally named "Stein-Leventhal Syndrome" after the two doctors who classified this disease back in the 1930s, having found polycystic ovaries to be the number one symptom in their patients. It was considered the defining symptom to diagnose what is now <...>

The era of seasonal menstruation began in 2003 upon the approval of continuous birth control pills for commercial use. The said new generation of pills gave women the option to regulate their menstruation and limit its occurrence to only four times a year. The need to have more control over their <...>

For most young women, menstruation begins sometime between the ages of eleven and fifteen. Every twenty-one to thirty-five days during her reproductive years, a healthy woman's ovaries will release an egg. If the egg is not fertilized, the woman will shed the lining of her uterus about two weeks <...>

Amenorrhea is the term used to describe the condition where menstrual periods are absent. When you miss a period, your first thought may be that you are pregnant. However there are actually several factors that may cause or contribute to the absence of menstruation. Menstruation refers to the <...>

Women know how inconvenient it is and how embarrassing it can be to find that they have a stain on their skirt or on their pants due to leaky period protection. Knowing what kind of period protection best suits you and your lifestyle is the key to avoiding these embarrassing incidents and making you <...>