Menstruation

Menstruation
Menstruation is the periodic discharge of blood and tissue from the lining of the uterus, occurring about every 28 days in women of reproductive age.

Why do we get periods?
It's almost that time of the month. You feel puffier than a marshmallow and your forehead breaks out in zits.

Menstrual products go green
That time of the month again? Why not try an environmentally friendly alternative.

The menstrual cycle from menarche to menopause
Menstruation has many names but, whatever you call it, it is the term given to cyclical monthly bleeding from the uterus of adolescent girls and pre-menopausal women.

Menstruation FAQs
These are some of the most frequently-asked questions about period pain, spotting, heavy flows and how contraception affects the menstruation cycle.

My Mirena mistake
"It’s been a year since the insertion of my Mirena," a Health24 journalist writes. "But as the months creep by, I'm realising that it might have been an expensive mistake."