Menstrual Health Related Content

Stigma around gynaecological health is perpetuating health inequities; we spoke to UK charity Wellbeing of Women about the impact of unmet needs in women’s healthcare and the strategies for change.

Researchers have suggested a potential link between girls who start their menstrual cycle earlier and the development of Type 2 diabetes.

Researchers find that estrogen can reduce the severity of COVID-19 mortality, explaining why fewer women were affected by the disease than men.

Spain will implement a three day sick leave for severe period pain, which impacts the majority of people who experience menstruation.

Early puberty, which mainly impacts girls under the age of eight, surged during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Magnetic nanotechnology is showing promise in locating and removing painful lesions, becoming a potential endometriosis treatment.

Carolyn Hobdey examines how the global pandemic affected women's health attitudes, such as contraception, menstruation and reproductive rights.

Scientists analysed 23,754 menstrual cycles to find that menstruation can be temporarily, harmlessly changed - by taking two mRNA vaccines during the same cycle.

According to researchers, the psychological burden of COVID impacted 56% of participants – with significant changes to women’s reproductive health.

Researchers say that 54% of participants had menstrual cycle disruption in 2020 - due to COVID stress, as opposed to any kind of vaccination.

McLean Hospital’s Clinical and Translational Pain Research Laboratory is one of five institutions splitting a $1.67 million NIH grant - the research will examine any links between the menstrual cycle and the COVID vaccine.

Endometriosis, a condition impacting at least 190 million people globally, remains relatively ignored - why is it still hard to access treatment? 

Rutgers University found that people experience menstrual cycle seizures due to genetic generalised epilepsy.

Natasha Richardson, Founder of Forage Botanicals and Author of Your Period Handbook, explores the four phases of the menstrual cycle, what defines them and what to expect in each.

Councillor Helen Godwin, Cabinet Member for Women, Children and Young People on Bristol City Council, discusses the work being done by Bristol City Council to eradicate period poverty.

Lorraine Clark, Director of hapihemp, explores whether CBD oil can be used to restore hormonal imbalances.

A new study has found that young women in their 30s and 40s with polycystic ovary syndrome have a raised risk of heart disease.

This article was contributed by the team at Fertility Family, offering advice on conception for those affected by PCOS.

A new study has shown that intrauterine devices (IUDs) can successfully relieve menstrual pain in adolescents and young women with disabilities.