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The Latest in Menstruation News:

• Two new genes decide when a girl starts menstruation - Reproductive lifespan is closely linked to the risk of developing conditions such as heart disease, breast cancer and osteoporosis and in the western world particularly, children are reaching puberty at younger and younger ages - some girls at the age of seven - the study provides the first evidence that common genetic variants influence the time at which women reach sexual maturation.
  
• Study: Childhood Sexual Abuse May Cause Earlier Periods - The idea that sexual abuse actually changes girls' bodies, rushing them into physical maturity and making them vulnerable to pregnancy at a younger age, is perhaps even scarier than the sheer prevalence of physical and sexual abuse among African-American women. This possibility reveals, in the most upsetting way possible, that social as well as genetic factors may influence menstruation.