Alvergne, Alex

Endometriosis is a disease characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus, causing chronic inflammation. It affects more than one in ten person who menstruate and significantly impacts quality of life due to dysmenor…

Abstract Women have reported both menstrual disruption following SARS-CoV-2 infection and that long COVID symptoms change across the menstrual cycle. Yet there is a lack of female-specific research on COVID and menstruation. We aimed to de…

Women have reported menstrual changes following SARS-CoV-2 infection and variation in long COVID symptoms across the menstrual cycle. We examined (i) whether COVID is linked to abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), (ii) if long COVID symptoms va…

There has been increasing public concern that COVID-19 vaccination causes menstrual disturbance regarding the relative effect of vaccination compared to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Our objectives were to test potential risk factors for reporting …

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a critical gap in female health science, fueling anxiety, polarized views, and vaccine hesitancy. Although menstrual cycles feel like a niche topic for some, efforts to augment knowledge on the 'fifth vita…

Background There has been increasing public concern that COVID-19 vaccines cause menstrual cycle disturbances, yet there is currently limited data to evaluate the impact of vaccination on menstrual health. Our objectives were (1) to evalua…

Background and objectivesThe underlying reasons why some women experience debilitating premenstrual symptoms and others do not are largely unknown. Here, we test the evolutionary ecological hypothesis that some negative premenstrual symptom…