Growing up in a South Asian household, any mention of menstruation was taboo – especially in front of my father or brother. Public high school in the 1970s wasn’t much better, due to the “ick” factor.

The major function of the female genital tract is to produce mature and fertilizable ova. In contrast to other body tissues, ovaries and other parts of this system undergo repetitive cyclical changes ...

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of India has recognised menstrual hygiene as a fundamental right under Article 21, ...

The Supreme Court judgement on the right to menstrual hygiene as an integral part of the constitutional right to life and dignity provides a long-desired direct ...

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 ...

A controversial piece of legislation in Florida, which would prevent educators from teaching about menstruation and other sex education topics in elementary school, advanced out of the House Education ...

America’s “pronatalist” movement — a sprawl of fringe activists, think tanks and current occupants of the White House — is having a viral moment. Vice President JD Vance publicly clamors for “more ...

Medically reviewed by Peter Weiss, MD The start of your period is the beginning of the menstrual cycle, which typically lasts ...

It's still a bit of a mystery why women menstruate. Humans are among the few species in which the process occurs, and although researchers have ideas about why menstruation happens, there are many ...

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 ...

India’s Supreme Court has ruled that schools must provide toilets and menstrual products for all menstruating students ...