While working out can provide pain relief and quicker reactions on the field, new research shows a significant downside to ...

A new peer-reviewed study published in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living found that while female athletes weren’t more ...

The menstrual cycle is a key physiological process in women: it impacts performance, neuromuscular control, metabolism, and ...

If you have an extremely short cycle, then the time you ovulate could overlap with your period and you could get pregnant if you have unprotected sex.

The Middle Ages scientific authority Pliny the Elder wrote 2,000 years ago that hailstorms, whirlwinds and lightning could be “scared away” by a woman “uncovering her body while her monthly courses ...

Studies show the menstrual cycle changes certain brain regions. But they don’t reveal whether that’s connected to emotional fluctuations. Colored coronal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the ...

It was once a commonly held belief that women's menstrual cycles were linked to the moon's cycles, a theory that researchers from Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) think is highly likely.

Weight gain during your period is temporary and usually ends once the period is over. Eating complex carbohydrates and reducing salt may help lessen weight gain during periods. Severe PMS symptoms may ...

Period cramps happen because your body releases hormone-like substances called prostaglandins, which induce muscle contractions.

Menstrual cramps may occur close to or during a period. Severe, longer lasting cramps may be a sign of a secondary condition, such as endometriosis or pelvic inflammatory disease. The term for pain ...