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A proposed draft of a physical education form in Florida could require all high school student athletes to disclose information regarding their menstrual history — a move that’s already drawing pushback from opponents who say the measure would harm students. The draft — published last month by the Florida High School Athletic Association, a group that oversees interscholastic athletic programs across the state — proposes making currently optional questions regarding a student’s menstrual cycle mandatory, as reported by the Palm Beach Post. The form, if approved, would ask students if they’ve had a menstrual cycle, and if so, at what...

A large international study has confirmed the findings of a previous U.S. study that linked COVID-19 vaccination with an average increase in menstrual cycle length of less than one day. The increase was not associated with any change in the number of days of menses (days of bleeding). Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the new study included data from nearly 20,000 people from Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe and other parts of the world who received any of nine different vaccines. For most study participants, the increase resolved in the cycle following vaccination. The study’s...

For some, a side effect of getting vaccinated was a change in menstrual cycles — but experts say there is no cause for alarm.

Once upon a time the “health experts” mocked and silenced women who said the vaccine impacted their menstruation cycles. They called it “Covid misinformation” Now it’s 8 months later and the NIH is researching why it effects menstruation. They lied for months about the truth. - Candace Owens

Women whose periods appear to have been affected by the Covid vaccine have demanded clearer health advice about a possible link between the jab and menstrual cycles. Changes to menstruation are not listed as a formal side effect of the vaccine and much of the information is currently anecdotal. The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has received reports from more than 4,000 people who suffered period changes after the jab. Madison Miszewski, 21, said she had experienced longer, heavier and more painful periods than she had for several years after having her Moderna vaccine in late May....

TRENTON, N.J. - Women looking for a simple way to avoid their menstrual period could soon have access the first birth control pill designed to let women suppress monthly bleeding indefinitely. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expect to announce approval Tuesday for Lybrel, a drug from Wyeth which would be the first pill to be taken continuously. Lybrel, a name meant to evoke "liberty," would be the fourth new oral contraceptive that doesn't follow the standard schedule of 21 daily active pills, followed by seven sugar pills — a design meant to mimic a woman's monthly cycle....

BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Fluctuations in hormones during women's menstrual cycles affect how their brains respond to rewards, the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., said. An imaging study by the National Institute of Mental Health showed while women were winning rewards, their circuitry was more active if they were in a menstrual phase preceding ovulation and dominated by estrogen, compared to a phase when estrogen and progesterone are present, researchers said. "These first pictures of sex hormones influencing reward-evoked brain activity in humans may provide insights into menstrual-related mood disorders, women's higher rates of mood and...

VITAL SIGNS Many women who suffer migraines tell their doctors that their headaches are related to the onset of menstruation. Two studies released yesterday lend support to that link and to the idea of timing medication to the menstrual cycle as a preventive measure. Both studies were published in the journal Neurology. The lead author of one of the studies, Dr. E. Anne MacGregor of the City of London Migraine Clinic, said that in general about half of women with migraines say their headaches come on more often and with greater severity just before menstruation. Earlier studies had not found...