Here’s how the lesson on menstruation went down when I was a 10-year-old fourth-grader in 1980s New Jersey: The boys in class were rounded up and taken to a “special gym class” and we girls were shown ...

BENGALURU: As Karnataka prepares to roll out menstrual cups for girls in government schools, educators, parents and health ...

Visits from “Aunt Flow” during “that time of month” are officially over — along with all the other euphemisms that people use to secretly talk about their menstrual cycle. The long-awaited period ...

In today’s world, open and honest conversations about menstruation are crucial for empowering young girls and helping them navigate this natural process with confidence and understanding. As a parent ...

For three months this year, I bled nearly every day. My doctor doesn’t know why. Google doesn’t know why. The condition is simply called “postmenopausal bleeding,” and medicine’s best guess as to the ...

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 ...

The Unicode Consortium has announced that 59 new emoji will make it into the sixth major update to the official roster of emoji. With another 171 variants for gender and skin tones, that means a total ...

Navigating puberty with your daughter is a pivotal journey for both parent and child. Among its significant milestones, explaining the arrival of her first period stands as a crucial and sensitive ...

The menstrual taboo that we talk about today usually refers to the societal fear of talking about periods. Because of this universal understanding that people should not talk about periods in public, ...

Pantone has released a bold new shade of red, called “Period,” to help destigmatize menstruation. The new hue – an “energizing and dynamic red shade that encourages period positivity,” according to a ...

Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the author of the books Live or Die: Survival Hacks, Wizarding World: Movie Magic Amazing Artifacts, The Star ...

Sports injuries are not more frequent during menstruation, but injuries sustained during menstruation have a significantly higher burden.