It's one of those days. You are on a period –and it is heavy and painful. You are not feeling one hundred percent and you don't want to go to work. But you have an important meeting and cannot ...

Many women are told that painful, heavy periods are the norm and to just deal with it. From our teenage years onwards, any ...

Painful periods are often considered normal, but severe menstrual pain that interferes with daily activities, requires ...

Missed periods can be caused by stress, rapid weight loss, breastfeeding, or hormonal changes. Conditions like PCOS, thyroid problems, or primary ovarian insufficiency can also affect your period. A ...

Heavy or prolonged periods can cause iron deficiency anemia. Anemia may impact periods, but this requires further research. Iron deficiency anemia occurs if people do not have enough iron in the body ...

Checking the calendar and realizing your period hasn’t shown up this month can bring up a lot of questions. If your cycle is usually predictable and you’re in your forties, you may be wondering what ...

Menstrual symptoms can severely affect a person’s working life. To combat this, the idea of menstrual leave has emerged. This legal measure allows workers to take time off when their period symptoms ...

Teaching about periods in schools is still too focused on basic biological facts with insufficient information around how menstruation can affect a woman's mood and wellbeing, problems associated with ...

While period pain and heavy menstrual bleeding are common, they’re often dealt with privately. Yet they take a profound toll on a person’s health – and finances. Now, our new study has calculated how ...