Picture the scene. You’re lying in bed, sluggish and tired, when an advert for the Dogs Trust comes on. One of the dogs, says the voiceover sombrely, was beaten then abandoned as a puppy. You find ...

In a repeated-measures study of 18 eumenorrheic female athletes, half-squat strength was highest in the late follicular phase ...

Addressing the real-life lived experience of the menstrual cycle and how our perception of the cycle affects day-to-day life, ...

A study of more than 58,000 women over a 12-year period found that longer or shorter menstrual cycles were associated with a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, heart attack or atrial ...

Women in gyms hear it all the time: lift heavy in some weeks, go lighter in others, depending on your menstrual cycle — because your hormones affect your strength. But is it backed by science?There's ...

Harnessing the power of your menstrual cycle hormones can spark serious change. How? Well, imagine if, rather than surrendering to the rage that arrives just before your period is due, or putting an ...

More than 90% of women say they experience premenstrual symptoms of some kind, according to the Office on Women's Health, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services. Symptoms may ...

Most female mammals experience “heat,” occasional periods when they can get pregnant—and as a result, become eager for sex. But human women don’t go into heat. They can become pregnant and feel ...

The idea that women living or working in proximity to one another synchronize their menstrual cycles is particularly persistent, and has now become accepted as conventional wisdom. However, it's a ...

The monthly window of human female fertility is very short. Functionally, natural selection should favor female behaviors that increase the odds of successful mating around the time of ovulation [4] ...