1.   When women experience problems with their menstrual cycles, such as irregular periods, doctors often give them hormones.

2.   Dawood cautions that heavy bleeding or irregular periods may not necessarily be a sign of perimenopause, but may indicate gynecological problems.

3.   In most cases, irregular periods do not mean a woman has premature ovarian failure.

4.   Irregular periods in young woman may signal a hormonal problem that can lead to severe bone loss years down the road, a new study warns.

5.   Irregular periods, for example, are common among adolescents, athletes and lactating women.

6.   She said bloating, irregular periods and irritability often are the result of lack of progesterone.

7.   Besides irregular periods, symptoms may include excess body hair, acne and infertility.

8.   But Solomon said even normal-weight women with irregular periods were more likely to develop diabetes than women with regular cycles.

9.   Irregular periods after undergoing abortions, NEW STRAITS TIMES-