Study indicates longer reproductive life span experienced by US women
E-Mail IMAGE: TTUHSC's Duke Appiah, Ph.D., and a team of collaborators recently investigated factors that may be driving a link between the duration of a woman's reproductive life span and her overall... view more Credit: TTUHSC As females age, their bodies typically undergo two significant changes that generally occur during adolescence and middle age. The first, known as menarche, is the time during puberty when a girl begins having monthly menstruation cycles, which often tends to range from 8-13 years of age. She enters the second change, known as menopause, 12 months followin...
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