A prolonged period of heavy lake-effect snow will kick off on New Year's Day and continue right into the weekend. Areas ...

People who have heavy periods may be more at risk of heart disease, a new study has found. Heavy periods, or heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), is where someone has excessive blood loss during ...

A pelvic examination will help to rule out a cause for your heavy periods. Fibroids are benign growths of the uterus, and are suspected when it is ...

My doctor says my heavy periods are to blame. Is this likely to be the only reason, or could it be something else?

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Heavy menstrual bleeding is a common symptom among women of reproductive age. In fact, it ...

As her second menstrual cycle ended, Josephine, now a third-year Communications student at Rongo University, continued with her studies, hoping that one day the heavy, painful periods would ease.

Working out how much blood you’re losing and getting a sense of when it’s outside the normal range can be difficult. Recent research on the capacity of different period products could help.