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I collapsed at a train station once. I thought I’d been shot in the stomach.” Harrie Dobby, a 36-year-old actor, says this matter-of-factly – perhaps because pain has become such an everyday part of ...

A period that shows up two weeks ahead of schedule can feel like a red flag, but timing alone does not always signal trouble. Cycles shift for all kinds of reasons—some meaningful, some just part of ...

It isn’t an overstatement to say the new coronavirus pandemic has changed our lives in countless ways. But one of the more random experiences involves all of the period stories that chronicle how ...

Earlier this spring, my 10-mile race and my period were scheduled to arrive on the same day. Every 28 (or so) days since my teenage years, I’ve found myself curled up in pain on the bathroom floor on ...

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Early periods may be caused by lifestyle changes like stress, which alter your hormone production. Early periods can also be caused by underlying conditions like PCOS and endometriosis. Age-related ...

Everyone's period is slightly different, and odds are, you have a good sense of what's normal for you. But when things start to deviate outside the norm — like a period that starts and stops — it's ...

Missing a period when you’re on birth control can be enough to make your heart stop. Take a deep breath. Not having a period while using NuvaRing is probably NBD. Yep! Missing a scheduled period when ...