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Menstrual Cycle

Why I'm Desperately Seeking Menopause

Nan Silver | Posted 05.19.2013 | Fifty
Read More: Aging Gracefully, Aging, Tampons, Period, The Change, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Health Post50, Fifty News
Nan Silver

At this very moment, there is a one in four chance that I have my period. That's because it comes like clockwork every 28 days. I have it for one week and then get three weeks 'off,' which makes mine pretty much the textbook version of a menstrual cycle. Except for one twist: I'm 54 years old.

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New Formula May Help Predict Woman's Last Menstrual Cycle

Posted 03.26.2013 | Fifty
Read More: Bone Loss, Hot Flashes, Cardiovascular Risk, Final Menstrual Cycle, University of California, Last Menstrual Cycle, Perimenopause, Menopausal Women, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Last Period, Health Post50, Fifty News

A new method for predicting a woman's last menstrual cycle could have broader implications for menopausal women's health by helping fight bone loss an...

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12 Things You May Not Know About Your Period

Christina Huffington | Posted 02.12.2013 | Women
Read More: Menstruation, Period, Women's Health, Menstrual Cycle, Periods, Facts About Your Period, Facts About Menstruation, Menstruation Facts, Women News

If you want to view VICE's 2012 photo series "There Will Be Blood," you have to confirm you are over 18 years old. The series is neither violent -- as...

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Particular Time When Men Find Women's Dances More Attractive

Posted 08.16.2012 | Science
Read More: Dancing, Ovulation, Women, Video, Fertile Women, Fertile Women More Attractive, Hidden Ovulation, Menstrual Cycle, Science, Fertility, Science News, Fertility Dance, Science News

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 08/15/2012 02:55 PM EDT on LiveScience In a new meaning of "fertility dance,"...

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Catherine Pearson

What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Your Period (And Why It Matters)

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 07.17.2012 | Women
Read More: Menstrual Cycle, Pms, Periods, Periods in Movies, Menstruation, Menstruation in Movies, Periods Pop Culture, Women News

If it were up to Hollywood to form our feelings about menstruation, women would go through life thinking their periods were icky or scary, one researc...

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Why This VICE Photo Series Is So Shocking

Emma Gray | Posted 07.18.2012 | Women
Read More: Menstruation Photography, Vice Period Photos, Feminine Hygiene, Menstruation, Menstrual Taboo, Love & Sex, Vice Magazine, There Will Be Blood, There Will Be Blood Vice, Women's Health, Menstrual Cycle, Periods, Menstruation Taboo, Vice Photos, Slidepollajax, Vice Menstruation, Vice There Will Be Blood, There Will Be Blood Pictures on Menstruation, Taboos of Menstruation, There Will Be Blood Menstrual Art, Why This Vice Photo Is So Shocking, Emma Arvida Bystrom There Will Be Blood, Emma Arvida Bystrom, Vice ?€œThere Will Be Blood?, Vice Photo Series Menstration, There Will Be Blood Photos, Menstruation Photography There Will Be Blood, There Will Be Blood Pictures, Vice Photography Menstrual Blood, There Will Be Blood Huffington Post, Women News
Emma Gray

From a very young age we're taught that our periods should be covered, hidden and cleaned up. Now, a new VICE photo series, "There Will Be Blood" is challenging the taboo.

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Men Can Hear When You Have Your Period?

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 01.27.2012 | Women
Read More: Menstrual Period, Menstruation, Menstruation Changes Voices, Women's Health, Female Voices and Fertility, Menstrual Cycle, Women's Voices Unattractive, Women's Voices and Menstruation, Female Menstrual Cycle, Female Fertility Cycle, Women News

You know those adorable cases they sell for carrying your tampons to the bathroom so you don't have to reveal to every man in the office or restaurant...

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PMS? 5 Tips To Feel Better

Health.com | Leslie Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Personal Health, Menstrual Issues, Menstrual Cycle, Tips for Your Menstrual Cycle, Menstrual Problems, Home News

Katherine Sutherland, an OB-GYN in Mountain View, CA, knows something about terrible periods -- and not just from her patients. She used to soak thr...

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