menstrual cycle
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Apple Period-Tracking Data Powers Large New Study on Menstrual Health
A large study of women who use Apple products to track their periods might provide some insights about a common but still barely understood menstrual condition. On Monday, Harvard researchers released the latest preliminary update from their Apple Women’s Health Study. Among other things, they found that 12% of women in the study reported being…
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The World’s First ‘Period’ In A Dish Could Revolutionise Reproductive Medicine
The female menstrual cycle is a rite of passage into womanhood that for centuries has been shrouded in mystery and taboo. Pliny The Elder, for one, believed that menstrual blood could turn crop fields barren. Just last century, one scientist floated a theory that menstrual blood contained a poison that caused women to turn wine…
