21.   But over three menstrual cycles, the study participants reported no decrease in the severity of symptoms right before menstruation.

22.   By contrast, compounds extracted from the women at midcycle, when they are ovulating, can have the opposite effect on recipients, lengthening their menstrual cycle.

23.   Charla says one woman visitor was told by a guard that he could see she was in her menstrual cycle.

24.   Current and former employees describe an atmosphere in which women have been publicly demeaned for having menstrual cycles.

25.   Dr. Bernstein found that teen-age girls who were physically active were less likely to ovulate every month, even though they continued to have regular menstrual cycles.

26.   Dr. Teaff recommends that perimenopausal women who are experiencing symptoms have their estrogen level tested during the second, third or fourth days of the menstrual cycle.

27.   During pregnancy and the second half of the menstrual cycle, blood levels of the hormone progesterone soar.

28.   During the menstrual cycle, one of the ovaries releases an egg.

29.   Estrogens regulate the menstrual cycle in women, and cause the changes in female body shape at puberty.

30.   Even the date of her last menstrual cycle was noted as evidence.