In some cultures, menstruation and childbirth are treated as polluting, not life-giving. One Buddhist text’s interpretation ...

From the outset, the proposal sparked heated debate. Its innovative and ambitious nature drew strong criticism from several ...

In today’s world, open and honest conversations about menstruation are crucial for empowering young girls and helping them navigate this natural process with confidence and understanding. As a parent ...

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 ...

Navigating puberty with your daughter is a pivotal journey for both parent and child. Among its significant milestones, explaining the arrival of her first period stands as a crucial and sensitive ...

There's no "standard" way to period. Menstruation experiences vary as wildly as the people who have them. Periods happen to a lot of us - but what goes on in the body during menstruation can still be ...

The Middle Ages scientific authority Pliny the Elder wrote 2,000 years ago that hailstorms, whirlwinds and lightning could be “scared away” by a woman “uncovering her body while her monthly courses ...

The menstrual taboo that we talk about today usually refers to the societal fear of talking about periods. Because of this universal understanding that people should not talk about periods in public, ...

Eating an unhealthy diet is tied to an earlier first period, a new analysis suggests. The study linked a girl’s first menstrual period — a milestone known as menarche — to what she ate, showing ties ...

It was a freezing January night in Nepal’s far west and 17-year-old Parwati Bogati had lit a fire to keep warm as she prepared to spend the Himalayan winter night alone. Overnight, Bogati suffocated ...