As few as one in ten women can pinpoint signs of heavy menstrual bleeding, as one of the UK’s top women’s health doctors says women and girls were “suffering in silence” from period problems, despite the availability of potential treatments.
Nine in 10 women don’t know signs of heavy periods, research says … from the Independent Rachel Clun
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