Menarche

Breast cancer is the most common cancer type in women and the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States (1). The… Expand

A healthy 25-year-old woman presents with worsening dysmenorrhea, pain of recent onset in the left lower quadrant, and… Expand

CONTEXT The relationship between age at menarche and cardiovascular disease remains unclear. Two recent studies found an inverse… Expand

BACKGROUND Obesity is an increasingly prevalent nutritional disorder throughout the world and is a risk factor for many chronic… Expand

We tested predictions about psychosocial factors in the onset of menarche using data from a longitudinal study of 16-year-old… Expand

To assist in medical counseling, we present a method to estimate the chance that a woman with given age and risk factors will… Expand

Many well-trained athletes, ballet dancers and women who diet excessively have secondary or primary amenorrhoea. Less extensive… Expand

WE present data documenting a secular trend toward an earlier age of menarche in Europe and the United States in the past century… Expand

Height and weight at menarche were estimated by interpolation of longitudinal growth data for 181 girls. Mean weight at menarche… Expand

abstract Measurements of ground motion generated by nuclear explosions in Nevada were made for 37 locations near San Francisco… Expand