Your period may be early because of excessive exercise, high stress, rapid weight loss, perimenopause, medications you’re ...

A new study out of Brazil links early or late menstruation onset to health struggles later in life. How the timing of your first period can influence your risk of obesity, high blood pressure and ...

Getting your first period after childbirth is a step in your body’s recovery process. When do you get your first period after childbirth? [ParentCo] Childbirth brings many changes to a woman’s body, ...

Girls in the U.S. are getting their first period earlier than in decades past. Researchers say there are multiple factors causing early puberty, including obesity and environmental pollutants. Girls ...

An OB/GYN explains when you get your period back after giving birth and what to expect from your first period after baby. One of the bonuses of being pregnant—other than welcoming a baby into the ...

More than 65 percent of women ages 15 to 49 in the United States use some form of birth control, and many of them are on hormonal birth control methods like the pill, patch, ring, implant, injections, ...

Have you missed your period this month? It could be one of the first signs that your body is entering the initial stage of pregnancy. Along with a missed period, hormonal changes in early pregnancy ...

I remember the shock of getting my first period, and my mom reassuring me at the time by telling me that pretty much every woman you see walking down the street experiences periods, too. But, being ...

Your period could be crampin’ your style — and your future health. Girls are reaching puberty faster than previous generations, a phenomenon perplexing researchers. The average age of the start of ...