Menstruation
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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Characteristics of menstruation and pregnancy and the risk of lung cancer in women.

13 Nov 2009 Lung tissue, both normal and cancerous, has been found to express estrogen receptors and patterns of expression have differed between men and women, suggesting a possible role for hormone-related factors in lung carcinogenesis in women. Few ... Read more...

Attitudes toward menstrual suppression and conformity to feminine norms in young and middle-aged Mexican women.

30 Aug 2009 Seventy seven college students and 66 middle-aged Mexican women completed an adapted questionnaire of attitudes toward menstrual suppression and the Conformity to Feminine Norms Inventory. Participants showed a great interest in menstrual ... Read more...

Women's mental health: depression and anxiety.

30 Aug 2009 Sex ratios for selected mental disorders such as major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder are much higher in women than men. Anxiety disorders constitute the most prevalent mental disorder in adults, and affect twice as many women as men. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Menstruation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Characteristics of menstruation and pregnancy and the risk of lung cancer in women. 13 Nov 2009
• Attitudes toward menstrual suppression and conformity to feminine norms in young and middle-aged Mexican women. 30 Aug 2009
• Women's mental health: depression and anxiety. 30 Aug 2009
• The etiquette of endometriosis: stigmatisation, menstrual concealment and the diagnostic delay. 19 Aug 2009
• Circadian patterns of ad libitum smoking by menstrual phase. 30 Jul 2009
• [Attack-precipitating factors in migraine. Patient diary for better migraine attack control] 30 Jul 2009
• GnRH analogue for chemotherapy-induced ovarian damage: too early to say? 30 Jul 2009
• Questioning GnRH analogs for gonadal protection in cancer patients. 30 Jul 2009
• Pattern recognition in menstrual bleeding diaries by statistical cluster analysis. 14 Jul 2009
• Food taboos: their origins and purposes. 27 Jun 2009
• Colon replacement of vagina to restore menstrual function in 11 adolescent girls with vaginal or cervicovaginal agenesis. 18 Jun 2009
• Behavioral management of headache triggers: Avoidance of triggers is an inadequate strategy. 5 Jun 2009
• Menstrual function in female liver transplant recipients of reproductive age. 30 May 2009
• Future recovery of the normal menstrual cycle in adolescent patients with secondary amenorrhea. 30 May 2009
• Duet for menstrual protection: a feasibility study in Zimbabwe. 30 May 2009
• Ethnic and gender differences regarding the insulin-blood pressure relationship. 11 May 2009
• Ideologies of sexuality, menstruation and risk: girls' experiences of puberty and schooling in northern Tanzania. 29 Apr 2009
• Re: "Presumed nasolacrimal endometriosis". 29 Apr 2009
• Adenomyosis: new knowledge is generating new treatment strategies. 29 Apr 2009
• Side effects from the copper IUD: do they decrease over time? 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Menstruation'

Definition: The periodic shedding of the ENDOMETRIUM and associated menstrual bleeding in the MENSTRUAL CYCLE of humans and primates. Menstruation is due to the decline in circulating PROGESTERONE, and occurs at the late LUTEAL PHASE when LUTEOLYSIS of the CORPUS LUTEUM takes place.

Descriptor UI: D008598

Alternative terms: Menstruation; Menstruations;

Related Mesh Headings: Menstruation-Inducing Agents; Premenstrual Syndrome;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; drug effects; ethnology; genetics; immunology; metabolism; physiology; psychology; radiation effects; urine;

Tree Number: G08.686.605.428; G08.686.785.560;

Technical Notes: human & other primates only; non-primates = ESTRUS; do not confuse with MENSTRUAL CYCLE