Your breasts are bigger and slightly sensitive. One minute you were happy, and the next, there are tears streaming down your face. If you’re a person with ovaries, these symptoms are all too familiar.

As few as one in ten women can pinpoint signs of heavy menstrual bleeding, as one of the UK’s top women’s health doctors says women and girls were “suffering in silence” from period problems, despite ...

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Dr. Omar Al-Heeti is an assistant professor of medicine at Southern Illinois University and practices internal medicine with a specialty in infectious diseases. He received his medical degree from the ...

Period flu isn’t an official medical condition, but it’s considered a more severe form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Period flu can cause unconventional PMS symptoms, such as nausea, body aches, or ...

Everyone’s experience with their period is unique. Maybe you start off bloaty, followed by crampy, while your roommate spends day one and two on the toilet. Amid these minute differences, research is ...

Women sometimes experience flu-like symptoms, like low-grade fever, body aches, fatigue, headaches, digestive upset, and chills, before or during their periods. This is referred to as period flu.

Most people are familiar with the cramps and irritability preceding an oncoming period. But some women have reported a more severe version of PMS known as the "period flu." Though it's not a ...