Roughly 20 years ago, a biologist named Caroline Gargett went in search of some remarkable cells in tissue that had been removed during hysterectomy surgeries. The cells come from the endometrium, ...

Clancy, an anthropology professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, debuts with a bracing look at periods and how society lets down those who have them. She pushes back on menstrual ...

In a February golf tournament, after Tiger Woods hit his ball farther on the ninth tee than Justin Thomas, Woods handed Thomas a tampon. Get it? Thomas is weak! Haha. Contrast this with the viral ...

For three months this year, I bled nearly every day. My doctor doesn’t know why. Google doesn’t know why. The condition is simply called “postmenopausal bleeding,” and medicine’s best guess as to the ...

For decades, studying menstruation has posed a problem even the most sophisticated lab equipment couldn’t solve: most lab animals simply don’t menstruate. While menstruation affects roughly half the ...

Even if you’re not relying on a trusty cycle tracker, everyone has their sure-fire signs that their period is about to begin. Maybe you get a breakout or start to feel more sensitive. Me? I start to ...

As an adolescent, talking about getting your period for the first time with your mom or the mother figure in your life has never been easy, but now, thankfully, there are a plethora of resources to ...

If you're wondering why you're always so tired on your period, you're not alone. Having a regular bleed isn’t always the most enjoyable experience – between period bloating, cramps, weight gain and ...

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