Women's Health & Funding - Less than 1% of funding is spent on women over 40 [3] - Women live 20% more of their lives with chronic disease or mental health disorders [3] - 50% of patients with unexplained infertility have endometriosis [3] - It takes women 7 to 10 years to get an endometriosis diagnosis after symptoms start [3] Menstrual Cycle & Health - Irregular menstrual cycles should be a cause for concern [1] - Lack of a period is harmful to long-term health, brain health, mental health, low energy, mood, and libido [1] Women's Health Discussions & Education - There is a lack of public discussion and education regarding women's health issues [2][3][4] - Patients often normalize pain, delaying diagnosis and treatment [4]

I'm going to say something which is really embarrassing here. I know nothing about menstrual cycles. At no point in my life did anybody teach me about menstrual cycles.The only insight I have in my life to what a menstrual cycle is is overhearing my sister when I was younger talking about it. Yeah. And when I say overhearing, I mean maybe a sentence and then maybe my girlfriend once in a while she'll say, "Oh, I'm coming into my cycle." Or whatever.She'll say, "I'm on my period." That's for most men. That's ...