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'Random crying, severe mood swings, anxiety': What it’s like to live with PMDD, a severe form of PMS
Many women with PMDD dread the week before their period arrives, which is when symptoms such as severe mood swings and anxiety typically start.
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What you need to know about toxic shock syndrome
Toxic shock syndrome is a rare infection that's most commonly contracted through extended tampon usage. Lisa Masterson, an ob-gyn, helps clarify what you need to know.
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13 celebrities get real about their periods
Amy Schumer, Gigi Hadid, Jennifer Lawrence, Padma Lakshmi, and others get candid about menstruation, sending the message that no period topic is off the table.
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What you need to know about periods
Nita Landry, MD, breaks down what happens during a woman’s menstrual cycle and why there is a wide range of what’s considered normal.
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What you need to know about hormones, the secret messengers regulating your mood
As the body's chemical messengers, hormones affect everything from sexual function to metabolism. Here's how.
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VideoHere's what you need to know about hormones
If you've noticed an influx of hormone-related stories in recent years, there's likely a good reason why. As the body's chemical messengers, hormones affect everything from sexual function to metabolism — making the growing fascination not only warranted, but also beneficial. Still, as the number of books about their origins and studies on their effects continue to increase, the question remains: What exactly are hormones, and why are they so important to the body? The Hormone Health Network — a
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Putin Says He Doesn't Have 'Bad Days' Because He's Not a Woman
In The Putin Interviews, Oliver Stone’s four-part series airing on Showtime this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin will likely make a lot of bold statements that we can’t exactly verify. For example, President Donald Trump used an allusion to menstrual cycles in order to deride Megyn Kelly after she moderated a Republican presidential debate last year. The problem is, there is no science that says women have bad days and men do not or that menstrual cycles in anyway make a woman unfit to
