You consider yourself regular as far as your period goes. And then one day it doesn't come as scheduled. You check the calendar to make sure you have the right dates. You don't worry so much the first couple of days but then as more time passes you wonder if you could be pregnant. So you buy one of those home pregnancy tests and it is negative. You are not pregnant but you still don't have your period. What gives?
This happened to me fairly recently. My cycle is usually...
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There is a fairly commonly held belief that stress is a cause of strokes. In fact the evidence linking the two is far from compelling. The... Read more »
Most Americans do not get enough sleep each night. Medical experts say that you should get between 7 and 8 hours of sleep, but recent statistics... Read more »
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Where you live plays a role in your risk for obesity. Simply living in the United States makes a person more susceptible to obesity. The prevalence... Read more »
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This article discusses vaginal bleeding that occurs between a woman's monthly menstrual periods. Such bleeding may be called "intermenstrual... Read more »
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