Stock image of female soccer players. Women are better athletes when they’re menstruating, showing sharper response times and better cognitive function. “Regularly menstruating females performed ...

Should runners with a period track their menstrual cycles with the same attention to detail as HRV, nutritional intake, and sleep? Could period tracking really help athletes crack the code for a PR?

Women have had enough of wasteful and impractical feminine hygiene products. For generations, women were limited when it came to period products. Now, female-led businesses are developing new products ...

SEATTLE — That surge of anger and irritability many women experience before their periods doesn’t fade away as they approach menopause — it may actually intensify. A University of Washington study ...

Being on your period may make you feel terrible, but new research suggests there’s a hidden and unexpected perk: It can make you smarter. That’s the main takeaway from a new study published in the ...

Veronica Ewers said nothing, despite all the signs, despite the blood test results staring back at her, telling her the hormones in her body were barely present. Because the results came with an ...

Millions of women and girls experience "debilitating periods" but more than half say their symptoms are not taken seriously, a study has found. The survey, commissioned by charity Wellbeing of Women, ...

The credit (blame?) lies with fluctuations in one specific hormone.

It’s not easy to be a woman. While great strides have been made in matters of gender equality, society still favors men. It would seem that Mother Nature favors men, too, or at least understands that ...

A new study says women perform better — and have faster response times — when they are menstruating FG Trade/Getty Women are better athletes when they’re menstruating, showing sharper response times ...