Menstruation

Intimina points out that there is no medical reason not to engage in period sex, and you can do so with the Ziggy Cup.

Intimina wants to eliminate stereotypes about menstruation while providing reliable information on all women's reproductive health needs.

Darius Covington wanted to see if he could go about a simple task while experiencing pain equivalent to a period. His hilarious TikTok shows the experiment's unfortunate results.

Legislation which ensures local authorities have a legal duty to offer period products passed through the Scottish parliament unanimously on Tuesday.

When people do not have enough iodine, the thyroid gland cannot make enough thyroid hormones. This deficiency can lead to a variety of iodine deficiency disorders including goiter, hypothyroidism, cretinism, and reproductive failure.

Dozens of protesters in Seattle and Portland are convinced that law enforcement officers exposing them to tear gas led to them having abnormal menstrual cycles.

The method could forecast the end of a woman's period one to two years in advance of the menopause.

In most states menstrual products are not sales tax-exempt, a category primarily reserved for food, prescription medications, and other "necessities of life."

Any vote against access to sanitary products is a vote in support of prison staff who dehumanize women in their custody by forcing them to subsist in blood-soiled clothes. Hardly country club activities.

During a hearing on a bill to make free tampons, sanitary pads and menstrual cups a right for Maine's female prisoners, Republican lawmaker Richard Pickett of Dixfield said that risked turning prisons into country clubs.

A city council in England issued guidelines to teachers of sexual-education courses that young students should be taught "all genders" can get their period.

One in four women may have heavy menstrual bleeding.

In the era of #MeToo and #TimesUp, another battle for female dignity looks promising.

Akshay Kumar's latest movie, 'Padman,' tells the story of a superhero who doesn't wear a cape or have a superpower. It's about the man who launched India's sanitary pad revolution.

Even when the source is extreme exercise or malnutrition, the process that stops women from getting their periods begins in the brain.

"It's women's excuse for when they need a break," Robyn Stein DeLuca said.

Will other brands follow suit and ditch the mysterious blue liquid for good?

Before millennial women started launching organic tampon companies, Kenneth Alvandi founded Maxim to offer women 100 percent organic tampons, pads and liners.

The movement to destigmatize menstruation has added a crucial ally: men.

The fight against period shaming has momentum in the U.S. and beyond, with states exempting menstrual products from sales taxes and menstrual equity awareness rising around the globe.

Cycles + Sex makes sex more fun and periods less taboo.

Women are choosing contraceptives that lessen or cease their monthly bleed.

Roshani Tiruwa was forbidden from sleeping in the family home because she was on her period.

While studying lions in Zambia, biologist Thandiwe Mweetwa noticed synchronised estrus cycles.

On Thursday, the state became only the 11th in the country to no longer tax menstrual products.

Women are still routinely left out of sports medicine research because they menstruate, argue a group of scientists.

For less than a fancy cup of coffee, you can supply women in your place of business, school and worship with free menstrual supplies.

Michelle Obama's Let Girls Learn initiative could be the perfect vehicle to create change for girls' education.

Women around the world are changing laws, mores and technology to make menstruation safer, cheaper and more a part of everyday life, after centuries of silence.

The film aims to educate women and the medical community about a prevalent but oft-misunderstood disease.