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In today's episode, we are looking at the potential connection between sleep disturbances and the menstrual cycle.

More specifically, the likelihood of increased sleep disturbances when you are approaching your period or around menstruation.

So we are delving into a study that looked at just that.

They measured sleep patterns across the menstrual cycle and they came to some interesting

conclusions.

As usual, we are going to talk about some of the strengths and the implications of the study

as well as some of the potential drawbacks.

And of course, I'll be looking at how they determine the different phases of the menstrual cycle

and how they drew their conclusions about it.

So without further ado, let's go ahead and jump into today's newest FAM research series episode.

So the paper that we are diving into today is called the interaction of sleep and emotion across the menstrual cycle.

And of course, it's always fantastic when we're seeing this type of research being done.

This is actually a newer study that was recently released in the journal of sleep research.

And of course, the researchers are trying to see if there is a pattern of disrupted sleep across the menstrual cycle.

And one of the reasons why this is a topic of interest, I mean, the researchers

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