Menstruation

Data suggests many women are swapping apps amid concerns that their health data could be used in abortion trials.

Abortion-rights activists have raised concerns over period-tracking apps' data being used as evidence of people having an abortion.

Gynecologist Dr. Jennifer Gunter explained to Newsweek: "Menstrual products are about comfort and that means different things to different people."

The popular post from an office worker online left women outraged after she claimed to have been told to stop carrying sanitary towels to the bathroom.

According to the man, his sister said that keeping pads in the bathroom is "not appropriate" "other people could see them."

The man ended up breaking things off after his date laughed at his claim that "women have periods from their butts."

"I found it in my boyfriend's drawer so I am doing some investigation," she told Tampax in an email shown in the video online.

A data error saw health officials wrongly report that a prepubescent child suffered the side effect after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

A commenter joked that the men in the friend group should have worn the machine for a full week.

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.