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Polycystic ovary syndrome (commonly known as PCOS) is one of the most common hormone disorders, affecting an estimated 1 in every 5 women—which is why it's surprising how many of us a) don't know anything about it or b) find it so hard to find the information we need about it.

Here are 7 things about PCOS everyone with ovaries should know.

1. Doctors don't know who'll get it and who won't.
"Essentially, PCOS is a series of bead-like ovarian cysts that wreak ...

The scientific community needs to study menstruation as this body function impacts half of society.

Not so long ago, it was conventional wisdom that menstruation made women weaker, mentally inferior, unstable, and unclean once a month. For the most part, we know better, but periods are still a taboo topic. So taboo, in fact, that it’s still relatively uncharted territory in terms of medical research. There isn’t even a complete consensus as to why human women menstruate, let alone ...