menstrual cycle?

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Health Tip: If You've Missed Your Period

(HealthDay News) -- When a woman misses her period, her first instinct may be to

assume that she's pregnant. While lack of a

menstrual cycle

can indicate

pregnancy,

there are other reasons that could cause your cycle to stop.

Here are some conditions that may affect a woman's menstrual cycle, courtesy of

the Saint Francis Health Care System:

List of 6 items

.. Extreme

weight loss

or exceptionally strenuous exercise.

.. Obesity.

.. Stress

or

anxiety.

.. Menopause.

.. Health conditions that affect the

thyroid

or

pituitary gland.

.. Some medications.

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-- Kohnle