Global

March 5, 2025 0 Comments

Menstruating during Ramadan

Haa’idh? During Ramadan menstruating women have to adhere to specific rules. This is what you need to know. (…)

Facts & Figures

February 10, 2025 0 Comments

First period starts earlier and earlier: this is why

Carrying a pack of menstrual pads in your school bag when you’re only eight years old? Perfectly normal. At least, if the trend of girls getting their period at an increasingly younger age continues. What does science says about this? (…)

Facts & Figures

July 16, 2024 0 Comments

Lead in your tampon?

Will the metal detector gates at the airport in the near future beep if you pass through the security scan with a tampon? A recent American study shows that tampons contain all kinds of heavy metals, including lead. Read here what’s exactly the matter. (…)

Facts & Figures

June 28, 2022 0 Comments

Everything you need to know about Toxic Shock Syndrome

How dangerous is Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) really? Can you also get ‘the tampon disease’ when using a menstrual cup? What has period poverty to do with this? Read the update. (…)

Facts & Figures

March 18, 2021 0 Comments

Your cycle affects your… attractiveness

Men rate women as more desirable when they’re ovulating than when they’re menstruating. How does the menstrual cycle influence female attractiveness?

Quotes

December 12, 2020 0 Comments

Thinking about periods

‘At any given time, 800 million people worldwide are menstruating. It’s perfectly healthy and normal. It’s okay to menstruate. As long as you never talk about it and no one knows that you’re doing it.’ – an essay by Anna Balmer. (…)

Facts & Figures

October 13, 2020 0 Comments

How menstruation affects athletic performance

Menstruation + (elite) athletic performance: usually not a winning combination. But adapting your training to your cycle can lead to better results and less injuries. (…)

Spotlight

October 10, 2019 5 Comments

How ginger can help against menstrual cramps

Want to relieve your menstrual cramps in a natural way? Have a cup of ginger tea. (…)

Facts & Figures

July 2, 2019 0 Comments

Is it really that bad?

On average, women are absent from work or school 1.3 days per year because of period problems. Productivity loss is equivalent to almost 9 days per year.That’s the conclusion of a Dutch study from Radboudumc; the largest of its kind. (…)

Facts & Figures

May 21, 2018 0 Comments

The Cycle Study

Do female hormones have an effect on cardiac symptoms? The answers to these questions are still unknown. And that’s why the Erasmus Medical Centre has set up The Cycle Study. (…)

Body & Mind

June 16, 2016 0 Comments

Could I have a bleeding disorder?

Heavy blood loss during your menstruation? It could be due to a bleeding disorder. Dr. Marieke Kruip, hematologist at the Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam (The Netherlands), believes this connection still isn’t acknowledged enough. (…)

Culture

January 27, 2016 0 Comments

Say yes to the dress?

The horrible cramps women suffered in Victorian times were thought to be period pain. (…)

Body & Mind

January 25, 2016 0 Comments

Menstrual migraine: no figment of your imagination

Two to three times more women suffer from migraine than men. Hormones clearly play a role. But how? Dutch pharmacologist Antoinette Maassen van den Brink of the Erasmus MC Rotterdam did ground-breaking research. (…)

Facts & Figures

January 3, 2016 0 Comments

Stopped smoking?

Quitting smoking isn’t only a good idea for the obvious reasons. It might also lessen your period pain.

Body & Mind

April 1, 2015 0 Comments

I feel so fat

A waist that seems to have disappeared and breasts that seem to have grown a cup size. Many women feel fatter than normal on their period. But are those feelings fact or fiction?