Menstruation

Policymakers should implement increased regulation of nonprofit pregnancy centers, which may offer harmful or unsafe treatments or spread misinformation, according to researchers.

Compared with a low-fat diet, nutritional ketosis with or without exogenous ketones may positively impact self-reported menses for women, restarting or realigning menstrual cycles, according to study results published in PLOS ONE.

In the greater Philadelphia area, the Menstrual Health Equity Initiative provides period products on a reliable basis for women and girls experiencing homelessness, so they can attend school and work without disruption.

ORLANDO — More than one in three adolescents experience period poverty — or difficulty accessing menstrual products — according to a study presented at the AAP National Convention & Exhibition.

In the U.S., the average age of menarche is continuing to decrease, highlighting the importance of providing menstrual products for women and girls in all school bathrooms and public buildings to alleviate period poverty.

Researchers said that toxic metals, including lead, cadmium and arsenic, were found in 100% of the tampons they tested in a recent study.

Age at menstruation, age at menopause, number of children, miscarriage and stillbirth each impacted a woman’s risk for COPD, according to results published in Thorax.

Repeated withdrawal from contraceptive steroids during monthly pill pause was linked to adverse mental health symptoms, according to study findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Persistent chemotherapy-related amenorrhea was common and associated with worse long-term quality of life for premenopausal women with breast cancer, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Elagolix 150 mg once daily significantly reduced heavy menstrual bleeding from uterine leiomyomas among premenopausal women, according to trial results published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.