Menstrual Health Tips: When should women have their first period, what health information is related to its timing, and what are the possible risks? Menstrual Health Tips: Menstruation is an important ...

The findings from a recent study also suggest that menstruating younger, especially at age 10 or less, may increase stroke risk. In the women who developed diabetes, there was also an association ...

A first menstrual cycle usually occurs between the ages of 10 and 16 with the average age of a first period being 12.4 years old. That’s a pretty wide range, so how do you know when your kid needs ...

I am co-author of Welcome to Your Period and receive royalties from sales. It’s a tale as old as time. Around half of adolescents going through puberty will get their period. In high-income countries, ...

Marni Sommer receives funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop guidance on indicators and related measures for improving national level monitoring of progress on menstrual health ...

There is unexpectedly large variation in height growth in girls after their first period. Every second girl grows either more or less in length than the 6-8 centimeters that is considered standard.