What can the Menstrual Cycle Tell us about our health: Conversation with Dr. Shruthi Mahalingaiah

The menstrual cycle plays an enormous part in the lives of half the population of the world. People tend to focus on it as a conduit to pregnancy, and it is. But through the hormonal fluctuations that drive this cycle, it affects many other aspects of health. A better understanding of what a, quote, "normal cycle" looks like and how to understand your own cycle can impact other facets of your health because most cells in a woman's body have receptors for estrogen and progesterone. Given...