Ever noticed you're on your period during a full moon — or a new moon? Throughout history, the similarity between women's menstrual cycles and the lunar cycle has led people to wonder if the two are ...

This includes apps that promote the practice of cycle syncing.

While at times painful and inconvenient, a woman's menstrual cycle is ultimately something to celebrate. It's a sign her body is fertile and aligned, and a time to retreat inward and offer her body ...

Digital menstrual tracking risks causing more harm than benefit and requires greater scrutiny, experts warn in The BMJ today.

"When was your last period?" For anyone who menstruates, this is a routine question during any visit to your doctor. Health care providers generally ask this to determine whether their patient is ...

Pain is susceptible to various cognitive factors. Suppression of pain by hunger is well known, but the effect of food intake after fasting (i.e. refeeding) on pain remains unknown. In the present ...

Women with high stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic were twice as likely to experience changes in their menstrual cycle compared to those with low pandemic-related stress, according to a new study ...