menstrual cycle

While irregularity is a perfectly normal thing to expect when you start your periods, sometimes changes in blood flow can be a sign that something might be going awry with your sexual health. If your periods last for a long time or bleed…

Contraception should tick a lot of boxes in one go - it should be cheap, easy to use, convenient, reversible and without any side effects. Beyond anything else though, it should protect against STDs as well as pregnancy. The type of…

The womb is a pear-shaped muscular organ in a woman's lower abdomen - the lining is known as the endometrium or the endometrial layer, and this thickens and becomes full of blood vessels each month as the menstrual cycle progress. If an egg…

Most people have sex to enjoy it and get closer to each other as a couple, but there are also several wellness reasons why sex is good for you. Not only is sexual pleasure fun; it’s also necessary for your wellbeing. According to…

While for every woman menstruation isn’t a fun time of the month, they realise that it is an important process. When, one month, it suddenly doesn’t show, it highlights the importance even further. What are the causes of irregular periods…

The most significant change for girls during puberty is the start of periods. Menstruation is the turning point in a woman’s life where she develops from a child into a teenager, and among other functions it also means that you can now get…

We’ve always been interested in sexual health. Way back in Ancient Rome and Greece, the most esteemed thinkers always had sex on the brain and we’ve never really shaken that habit. Still, back then these thinkers didn’t really know the…

In a recent study of complementary therapies, researchers found that women receiving Chinese herbal medicine treatments were twice as likely to get pregnant within a four month period than those taking Western fertility drugs and IVF. The…