Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study out of Brazil links early or late menstruation onset to health struggles later in life. How the timing of your first ...

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 ...

Girls in the U.S. are getting their first period earlier than in decades past. Researchers say there are multiple factors causing early puberty, including obesity and environmental pollutants. Girls ...

Providing your kid with the necessary products, as well as realistic, body-positive conversations about their development, will help them feel as though they can handle menstruation independently ...

Girls in the United States are getting their periods earlier, and it's taking longer for them to become regular, according to a study. The age at which women get their first period, known ...

For girls, starting their period is inevitable. But the age when a child’s period begins, called menarche, can tell them a little about their health later in life. Menarche that begins “anytime ...

More than 65 percent of women ages 15 to 49 in the United States use some form of birth control, and many of them are on hormonal birth control methods like the pill, patch, ring, implant, injections, ...

Your period could be crampin’ your style — and your future health. Girls are reaching puberty faster than previous generations, a phenomenon perplexing researchers. The average age of the start of ...