menstrual cycle

The new study dispels the previously held thought that the average age of menarche, which is in between 11 to 12 years, has been falling as a result of childhood obesity, faster growth, and their bodies maturing early.

Scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research, a college of the University of London, have claimed that a woman’s age of menarche is significantly linked with that of her relatives, including her mother, older sister, grandmother or aunts, the Daily Mail reports.

Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder, occurring in about 50 million people worldwide, and is characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures.

The seizures are transient signs or symptoms of abnormal, excessive, or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.

The findings of the study, published in Oct. 12 print issue of the journal ‘Neurology’, suggest that women with epilepsy undergo hormonal changes due to anti-seizures pills that eventually lead to irregular menstrual cycles.

Menstrual cramps or dysmenorrhea or PDM (as it is medically termed), is the most common gynecological disorder in women of childbearing age.

While most women suffer mild pain during menstruation, dysmenorrhea is diagnosed when the pain is so severe as to limit normal activities, or requires urgent medication.

Study details
The study, that features in the journal 'PAIN,' suggests that severe menstrual cramps lead to abnormal changes in the structure of the brain. In fact, the pain stimulus can cause changes throughout the nervous system, said experts.