Could it be that earlier menarche is actually more normal than later menarche?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Mother’s Weight Determines Daughter’s Menarche?] Reference

The onset of menstruation, called menarche, happens at puberty.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

AdvertisementMost girls get their first menstrual period, called menarche, between the ages of nine and 16.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

A new study suggests that the earlier a woman reached this milestone of puberty, called menarche, the slightly faster her kids will grow.    From Wordnik.com.  [FOXNews.com] Reference

It also explains the functioning of hypothalamo - pituitary - gonadal-uterine axis and phenomena such as menarche and menopause.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

It's the years from menarche to the onset of the perimenopause.    From Wordnik.com.  [Menopause Defined] Reference

I don't know the answer to why there's early menarche in our country.    From Wordnik.com.  [Janice Horowitz: Dueling Docs: Young Body's Maturing Early. Why?] Reference

And upon menarche, they began to bring forth gems with every utterance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Valentines, part the first] Reference

My copy will be presented to her along with all her other menarche gifties.    From Wordnik.com.  [Book Review: Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation by Elissa Stein and Susan Kim] Reference

For most of history, girls who had reached menarche were eligible for marriage.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Democratic Party's email attacking Jerome Corsi (author of the #1 selling anti-Obama book).] Reference

The average age of menarche has fallen to twelve in Western industrialized nations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Good News and Bad News About Breast Cancer] Reference

Non-genetic risk factors include age of menarche, menopause, and first child birth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2004-11-01] Reference

One good example of this is the age at which girls have their first periods menarche.    From Wordnik.com.  [CHANGING BIOLOGY: AGE AT FIRST MENSTRUATION » Sociological Images] Reference

He was as hopelessly indulgent when she was a child as he was strict after her menarche.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hadrian's Wall.html]

Periods usually start between the ages of 12 and 15 years; this is known as the menarche.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

So I wonder, Dr. Sharma, how do we determine what is the truly “normal” age for menarche?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Mother’s Weight Determines Daughter’s Menarche?] Reference

Menstruation starts at menarche around age 12-15, and ends with menopause at around age 45-55.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 24] Reference

The menarche-aged girl is “taken” aside and told “like it or not” that she is now a woman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is Manhood a Vessel? A minor disagreement with Hugo Schwyzer] Reference

It used to not be diagnosed until the age of puberty, usually after complaints of delayed menarche.    From Wordnik.com.  [Need Evidence that Gender is Socially Constructed?] Reference

You know early menarche, late menopause, family history of breast cancer, these are really are all factors.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2003] Reference

I read an article where it was said that her mother had said she never reached puberty, including menarche.    From Wordnik.com.  [Need Evidence that Gender is Socially Constructed?] Reference

But now menarche occurs, on avergage, at age twelve she said eleven in her speech, I can't find that datum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-03-01] Reference

Lavender is a proven an endocrine disruptor, but not all kids exposed to lavender go through early menarche.    From Wordnik.com.  [Janice Horowitz: Dueling Docs: Young Body's Maturing Early. Why?] Reference

At the onset of menarche, girls were required to spend the duration of their first period away from the clan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Clan of the Cave Bear]

In the U.S. today, the average age at menarche is a little over 12years see source here, and that seems normal to us.    From Wordnik.com.  [CHANGING BIOLOGY: AGE AT FIRST MENSTRUATION » Sociological Images] Reference

I scheduled my periods right through December, by which time I was certain my real menarche would have finally arrived.    From Wordnik.com.  [Middlesex]

The problem with early menarche is that allows much more time for genetic mistakes to happen and result in breast cancer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Janice Horowitz: Dueling Docs: Young Body's Maturing Early. Why?] Reference

Soranus comments in his third-century ? medical text that the optimum age for deflowering a girl is shortly after menarche.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boudica, Queen of the Iceni] Reference

To her great dismay, Lucia is experiencing menarche, a rarity among the young women who make up the rank and file of the Order.    From Wordnik.com.  [Asimov's Science Fiction]

Iza felt a private satisfaction and a small sense of relief when she noticed the changes in the girl that heralded the onset of menarche.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Clan of the Cave Bear]

The whole point is this: menarche is a milestone in a girl's life, and should be marked by more than furtive whisperings and embarrassment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carol Franco: Daughters' Day] Reference

So why would older brothers affect the age of menarche in their sisters?.    From Wordnik.com.  [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference

These include gender, age, genetics and family history, race, and age of menarche and menopause.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lahontan Valley News - Top Stories] Reference