Early menstruation linked to higher diabetes risk
Health | August 01, 2019 18:20 ISTEach year of delay in menarche age correlated with a six per cent lower risk of Type-2 diabetes, said the study.
Each year of delay in menarche age correlated with a six per cent lower risk of Type-2 diabetes, said the study.
A parent lodged a complaint on June 13 after their daughter was made to tell her name, class and the number of days into her period when she went to the teachers' room to excuse herself from swimming class.
May 28 is celebrated as Menstrual Hygiene Day internationally to stress upon the need of hygiene practice and hygiene during menstruation.
Women who went through natural menopause before age 47 had a 19 per cent greater risk of dementia than women who went through menopause at age 47 or older.
The film is about women in India fighting against the deeply rooted stigma of menstruation and delving upon the work of real life 'Pad Man' Arunachalam Muruganathan.
Since February this year, tribal women have been producing sanitary napkins which are distributed free of cost to the students of tribal welfare hostels and ashram schools in Telangana.
Women with heavy periods had reduced levels of protein called HIF-1 compared with women with normal blood loss.
Emily suffers from constant pain and reduced mobility, which requires her to undergo weekly physiotherapy sessions.
Girls's school teacher reprimanded her for staining her uniform and the bench with her period blood.
A woman's reproducitve hormones play a pivotal role in assessing her risk of depression.
Women working in Culture Machine and Gozoop can now take leaves on the first day of their periods.
The popular belief said that women who are menstruating experience a brain fog.
The researchers examined three aspects of cognition across two menstrual cycles.
In case you missed it, Phullu is a movie about a man who changed the way women consider ‘Periods’ in his village. His life goal was to make menstruation a bit easier for women by bringing them sanitary napkins from the city.
Further, studies were also performed by researchers to establish links between early menarche and early marriage.
Sharib Hashmi, who is all set for his forthcoming film Phullu says why people make menstruation a taboo.
When sanitary napkins are dumped, they take around 500-800 years to degrade. If these napkins are burnt, they release toxic gases unless it is done at a temperature of 800 degrees which requires a lot of energy.
When we buy the sanitary napkins from a shop, the shopkeepers pull out a black polybag especially meant to conceal this enigmatic thing. It has become a part of our habit.
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