#menstrualcycles — Public Fediverse posts
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Reuters: Google, Flo Health to pay $56 million in period-tracking app privacy case. “Google and app developer Flo Health will pay $56 million to settle a class action claiming they violated the privacy of millions of Flo app users by collecting information about their menstrual health cycles and using it for targeted advertising.”
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Modern lives are messing up #menstrualcycles—earlier starts, more irregularity
Mean age of first period fell from 12.5 in participants born between 1950-1969 to 11.9 in participants born 2000-2005. Between 1950 -2005, percentage of people obtaining regularity within two years fell from 76.3% to 56%. Authors of study point to environmental factors, #endocrine-disrupting chemicals, metals, air pollutants, dietary patterns, psychosocial stress, adverse childhood experiences.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/periods-are-starting-earlier-becoming-less-regular-iphone-study-finds/