Charting Your Cycle If you really want to understand how your body works and learn what is normal for you, you need to chart your cycle. If you keep accurate...

New Endometriosis Drug Abbott and Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. have announced a collaborative agreement between them to develop and market elagolix for treating the pain of endometriosis. Elagolix is a unique,...

More Severe Menstruation Symptoms Lots of girls suffer from aching backs or period cramps at the start of their periods. That's par for the course. But there are other symptoms...

Can I Get Pregnant During My Period? Every woman has wondered about this at one time or another: can a woman get pregnant if she has sex when she has...

Irregular Menstrual Cycle If your cycle varies a lot, one month for example being 24 days long and another month 32, and third 28 days long, and there is no...

Drugs Both prescribed medication and street drugs can disrupt your cycle and may affect your fertility. Marijuana is known to disrupt women's cycles not to mention more powerful street drugs!...

Food Cravings Do you have food cravings before your period and find it hard to stick to your diet? Well, you are not alone. Many women have food cravings leading...

It's normal for your periods take time to settle down after puberty. But if they are still erratic a few years later, you may find that it affects your fertility....

Did you know that even if you normally have regular periods there are various things that can change your cycle? Weight If you gain or lose weight rapidly you can...

HIV After Menopause Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are on the rise among people aged 50 and upwards. This category of course includes postmenopausal women. This increase in STDs in older...