Everyone loves someone who has had a period. And everyone who has had a period has been surprised at least once in their life by the arrival of their period. Lysne Tait Those of us who have had a ...

Women make fewer mistakes while on their periods, despite feeling less capable at this time of the month, research suggests. Experts discovered that women experience fluctuations in mental agility ...

Women have had enough of wasteful and impractical feminine hygiene products. For generations, women were limited when it came to period products. Now, female-led businesses are developing new products ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — It’s a different kind of poverty that affects one-in-five women. An organization is working to address inaccessible feminine hygiene products through advocacy, education and ...

But historically, many cultures – ancient Greece, ancient Egypt and indigenous groups, among others – have viewed menstruation as a sign of fertility, of strength, of connection. Over centuries, many ...

Society tends to shove topics under the rug that seem “too scandalous.” However, by refusing to address certain matters, we’ve come to overlook the glaringly-obvious pandemic that’s occurring right ...

Being on your period may make you feel terrible, but new research suggests there’s a hidden and unexpected perk: It can make you smarter. That’s the main takeaway from a new study published in the ...

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 original idea of menstrual synchronisation is that women's pheromones interact when they are close together, causing them to have their periods at the same time. University of Chicago psychologist ...

One of the first studies to track whether COVID-19 vaccination might affect women’s periods found a small — and temporary — change. The study tracked nearly 4,000 U.S. women through six menstrual ...

It sounds like an excuse a character from “Mad Men” would come up with to avoid hiring a woman: claiming she can’t do the work because she would need several days off each month due to her menstrual ...