After analyzing genetic data from over 600,000 people, researchers found that depression likely causes period pain–rather than resulting from it.

Tampons and pads can be a luxury item for the lowest income Americans.

Breaking down cravings during menstrual cycles, and how some small studies have shown the foods we crave may be driven more by culture than by biology.

A deep-dive on how menstrual blood can “unlock health secrets beyond the female reproductive system.”

When you are taking hormonal birth control and have your week of placebo pills, you aren’t technically getting a period then. 

Stories from athletes who have taken on competition while menstruating

Shalene Gupta reminds us that unequal pay “is not the only way inequality manifests” among men and women in the workplace.

Examining the never-ending allure of menstruation being tied to the cycles of the moon.

California legislators are trying to once again ban “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from tampons.

A fascinating, in-depth podcast with Dr. Sara Naseri on her journey to developing the first FDA cleared diagnostic menstrual pad, Q-Pad.

A deep dive from National Geographic on how menstruation ends up reshaping the brain. Every time it happens.

The FDA approved a pad from Qvin that doubles as a way to test the blood. The pad includes a removable strip that can be sent to a lab for analysis.