The major function of the female genital tract is to produce mature and fertilizable ova. In contrast to other body tissues, ovaries and other parts of this system undergo repetitive cyclical changes ...

Periods affect about 50% of the population. This video delves into the natural process of shedding the uterine lining as part ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “And here is a disembodied uterus.” What are our kids being taught at school about menstruation? (Photo: Quinn Lemmers/Getty ...

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 ...

Around the time of their first period, many young people learn the basic mechanics of managing their periods, such as how to put on a pad or tampon and that it happens once a mont ...

It's still a bit of a mystery why women menstruate. Humans are among the few species in which the process occurs, and although researchers have ideas about why menstruation happens, there are many ...

New research reveals that while artificial light has dimmed the moon’s influence on menstruation, women’s cycles continue to follow lunar gravity during powerful seasonal alignments. Study: ...

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Nadya Okamoto, Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit organization PERIOD and one of Teen Vogue’s 21 Under 21 Class of 2017, explains her first experience with menstruation from her new book ...

Donald Trump did the girls and women living in the developing world a great favor this week. He got menstruation – the taboo of all taboo words in polite society – onto the front page of the Sunday ...

Harry Finley, A&S '64, spent the 1970s and early '80s as a graphic designer in Europe. Since much of his work was for magazines, he turned to the newsstand for inspiration. Amid the pan-European ...