period
- Cosmo
"After trying these period-proof pants I'm never going back to tampons"
I went with the flow, ditching tampons, pads and my trusty menstrual cup.
- Yahoo Life UK
Sainsbury's launches new range of period underwear Love Luna
Women have been calling out for eco-friendly alternatives.
- Yahoo Life UK
Women are spending £5,000 on period products in their lifetime
The average woman spends around £10.24 on period products every month.
- Yahoo Life UK
Dad praised for brilliant way he handled daughter's first period
The dad handled the situation like a boss.
- Yahoo Life UK
Women are using code names for periods and it is deepening the taboo
Why can we still not talk about periods?
- Yahoo Life UK
Always removes packaging's female symbol to make sanitary towels inclusive
Always, owned by Proctor & Gamble, will remove the feminine Venus logo from its packaging.
Yahoo Life UKFree sanitary products to be made available in secondary schools across the UK
The revolutionary scheme hopes to bring an end to period poverty in the UK.
- Yahoo Life UK
7 things your period could be trying to tell you about your health
Trust Aunt Flo, she's in the know.
- Yahoo Life UK
A plastic-free period is possible: Here's how
Approximately 700,000 panty liners, 2.5 million tampons and 1.4 million sanitary towels are flushed down the toilet in the UK every single day.
- Yahoo Life UK
The UK’s first ‘period pants’ have been launched
They're thought to save women around £250 a year.
- Yahoo Life UK
Doctors have finally ruled that menstrual cramps can be as painful as a heart attack
Thanks for telling us what we've been saying for years: that we're not overreacting.
- Yahoo Life UK
This is how much your period costs you every year
Your period costs you way more than you thought.
- Yahoo Life UK
This is why you're so tired during your period
Does your period make you tired? It's all to do with your hormones.
- Yahoo Life UK
This man had the best response to his female friend’s period dilemma
Not all heroes wear capes.
- Yahoo Life UK
Boys should be taught about periods at school, a charity has advised
Could teaching boys about periods help reduce the stigma surrounding menstruation?
- Yahoo Life UK
Period blood could soon be used to help identify female-only diseases
There's not enough research into women's diseases.
- Yahoo Life UK
Is the solar eclipse to blame for your weird period this month?
The moon has been associated with the menstrual cycle throughout history.
- Pop Sugar UK Fitness
So This Is Why You Poop More on Your Period
For some reason, it seems like our digestive system gets thrown a little out of whack every time we menstruate. Jennifer Wider, MD, nationally renowned women's health expert, told POPSUGAR that this happens to many women during their period, and there's a scientific explanation for it. "Our bodies produce prostaglandins, compounds that have hormone-like effects, including causing the uterus to contract," Dr. Wider said.
- Refinery 29 UK
Here's Why Your Period Blood Smells
For real, why does period blood smell like that? To get some answers, we spoke with Taraneh Shirazian, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the NYU Langone Joan H. Tisch Center for Women’s Health, to determine what makes your period blood smell, and if there's ever a time you need to worry about it. "Blood itself has a certain odour," Dr. Shirazian says, adding that, as you probably already know, there's more to your menstrual fluid than just blood.
- Yahoo Life UK
This Indian company is letting women stay home on the first day of their period
When will the UK follow suit?
- Yahoo Canada Style
Male supervisor reports woman to HR for having her period
She also says that HR sided with the coworker who made the complaint.
- Yahoo Life UK
This is how to stop your period for a holiday
No more spending half of the holiday nipping to the loo.
- Yahoo Life UK
Scotland becomes first nation to offer free sanitary products to fight 'period poverty'
Nice one Scotland!