BACKGROUND: Personal care products (PCPs) may contain endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that can impact menstrual health. Despite widespread usage, little is known about the associations of PCP usage, EDC avoidance, and menstrual cycle …
BACKGROUND: Polycystic ovary syndrome is a common endocrine disorder, characterized by oligomenorrhea and androgen excess. Only a few studies have addressed the natural history of menstrual cycles among women with polycystic ovary syndrome …
BACKGROUND: Using menstrual products is a part of managing menstrual bleeding. Product use may represent individual, social, and economic influences. A few studies on menstrual product use from specific regions in the United States reported…
BACKGROUND: Use of menstrual tracking data to understand abnormal bleeding patterns has been limited because of lack of incorporation of key demographic and health characteristics and confirmation of menstrual tracking accuracy. OBJECTIVE:…
BACKGROUND: Prospective longitudinal cohorts assessing women's health and gynecologic conditions have historically been limited. OBJECTIVE: The Apple Women's Health Study was designed to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship amon…
BACKGROUND: Natural vegetation, or greenness, is thought to improve health through its ability to buffer and reduce harmful environmental exposures as well as relieve stress, promote physical activity, restore attention, and increase social…
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The goal of this review was to evaluate whether the fields available in iOS mobile phone apps for recording menstrual cycle symptoms are able to be harmonized across platforms for potential use in research, such as aggreg…
BACKGROUND: An increasing number of studies have linked air pollution to decreased fertility. Whether this is due to an effect on ovarian reserve is unknown. METHOD: Our study included 632 women attending the Massachusetts General Hospital…
Traffic-related air pollution has been linked to higher risks of infertility and miscarriage. We evaluated whether folate intake modified the relationship between air pollution and livebirth among women using assisted reproductive technolog…