The question of whether menstrual disturbances are more common in vegetarian than in nonvegetarian women is complex. Disturbances of the cycle may be clinical (ie, amenorrhea or oligomenorrhea) or subclinical (i.e., normal-length cycles with anovulation or a short or defective luteal phase). Detection of the latter requires that the menstrual cycle be monitored, but may help prevent recruitment...

OBJECTIVE To study the dynamics of the expression and localization of the mu opioid receptor (MOR) in human endometrium throughout the menstrual cycle. DESIGN Analysis of human endometrial samples from different menstrual cycle phases (menstrual, early/midproliferative, late proliferative/early secretory, midsecretory, and late secretory) by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, We...

To study the thyroid related complaints & thyroid function tests in women with DUB and to study the menstrual pattern in women with thyroid disease. Fifty patients of DUB (GP-A) in reproductive age group presenting with menstrual irregularities like menorrhagia, oligomenorrhoea, amenorrhoea, hypomenorrhoea and polymenorrhoea were studied for thyroid profile and fifty thyroid patients were studi...

Craving is considered a key characteristic of diverse pathologies, but evidence suggests it may be a culture-bound construct. Almost 50% of American women crave chocolate specifically around the onset of menstruation. Research does not support popular accounts implicating physiological factors in menstrual chocolate craving etiology. We tested the novel hypothesis that greater menstrual craving...

The aim of this study was (a) to show that different measures of spatial cognition are modulated by the menstrual cycle and (b) to analyze which steroid is responsible for these cognitive alterations. The authors collected blood samples in 3-day intervals over 6 weeks from 12 young women with a regular menstrual cycle to analyze concentrations of estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, luteinizi...

This study aims to investigate the short-term efficacy and safety of Transcervical Resection of Adhesions (TCRA). The data of 68 patients with Intrauterine Adhesion (IUA) treated by TCRA from October 2011 to September 2013 in our hospital were analysed. The intrauterine contraceptive ring was placed after resection, and oestrogen replacement therapy was performed after surgery. After three-mont...

This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of menstrual dysfunction and hysterectomy rates up to 10 years after tubal ligation in women in Counties Manukau District Health Board. 213 women who underwent tubal ligation in year 2004 were followed up over 10 years in a retrospective observational study looking at the prevalence of menstrual dysfunction in these women after tubal ligation. Their cl...

In an experiment using two-bidder first-price sealed bid auctions with symmetric independent private values, we collected information on the female participants’ menstrual cycles. We find that women bid significantly higher than men in their menstrual and premenstrual phase but do not bid significantly different in other phases of the menstrual cycle. We suggest an evolutionary hypothesis accor...

midstream urine samples. Epithelial cell and erythrocyte counts in midstream urine specimens changed significantly during the menstrual cycle (Fig. 1). Epithelial cell counts during the luteal phase were higher than those during the other three phases in midstream urine. Erythrocyte counts during the menstrual phase were higher than those during the other three phases. Other cell counts did not...