NICHD conducts and supports research on menstruation and menstrual irregularities as part of its mission to ensure women’s well-being and understand reproductive health. Its portfolio covers menstruation across the course of a woman’s life, fertility, infertility, and the many conditions that can cause or contribute to menstrual irregularities.
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