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The Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research is an accessible research centre with a mandate to distribute information directly to women about changes through the life cycle, from adolescence to menopause. CeMCOR'S goal is to do good science that honours the voices and experiences of women. It is the only centre in North America that focuses on ovulation and the causes for and consequences of ovulation disturbances. Learn more about CeMCOR »

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NOW RECRUITING: Perimenopausal Hot Flush Study

Research Study Participants needed:
Hot and bothered? Are you a woman suffering from hot flushes or night sweats?
CeMCOR invites perimenopausal women 35 to 57 who have menstruated within the past 12 months to participate in our Perimenopausal Hot Flush Study. If you are troubled by hot flushes and/or night sweats click here for more info about becoming a partcipant Read more...

NEWS: Estrogen's Storm Season - Now available in Portuguese!

In our continuing effort to make information about perimenopasue availble to a larger audience of women, Estrogen's Storm Season or "Tempestade de Estrogenio" is now available in Portuguese Read more...

RECRUITING: PCOS Oxidative Stress Bone Study

Research Study Participants needed:
We invite non-smoking women between 35 and 47 years old to take part in a study looking at bone health in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). Women diagnosed with PCOS (also called Anovulatory Androgen Excess) are invited to participate. Read more...

Article: Progesterone for Symptomatic Perimenopause

In this peer-reviewed article (published in the Belgian journal Facts, Views and Vision in Obstetrics and Gynaecology), Dr Prior outlines the scientific evidence behind the use of oral micronized progesterone in the treatment of symptomatic perimenopause. Read more...

Video: Society for Menstrual Cycle Research (SMCR) - 2011Conference presentations

In early June, at the biennial meeting of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research in Pittsburgh, Dr Jerilynn Prior and Dr Chris Hitchcock presented their research to a multidisciplinary audience of scholars, health care providers, counselors, public policy advocates, writers, students, teachers, artists and others interested in girls' and women's health across the lifespan as it relates to the menstrual cycle. Read more...

NEWS: Removing Fallopian tubes could cut cancer deaths

Doctors in British Columbia have announced two major breakthroughs that could fight against ovarian cancer. Read more...

Now Available! The Estrogen Errors: Why Progesterone Is Better for Women's Health

In this revealing work, Dr. Jerilynn Prior teams up with Susan Baxter, a medical writer, to explain the controversy over medicine prescribing estrogen for perimenopausal women in the United States, and to detail why progesterone is actually a far more effective, and a far less risk-ridden, approach. Read more...

Estrogen’s Storm Season

This fiction book begins as eight frustrated midlife women—from all walks of life—meet Dr. Kailey Madrona, a woman specialist. Read more...
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Ask Jerilynn

My periods are usually two or three months apart and my doctor says it's because I'm doing too much exercise. I'm a student, I'm 19 and healthy. I exercise every day because I feel good when I do it and not good when I don't. I'm slim but I feel good energy at this weight. I'm healthy, I eat well, don't smoke. Do you think that too much exercise is causing my infrequent periods? Read more...

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