Hepcidin, a hormone regulating iron metabolism, fluctuates during the menstrual cycle due to changes in estrogen and progesterone levels. During the follicular phase, hepcidin is low, promoting iron absorption. In the luteal phase, hepcidin is high, conserving iron. These fluctuations prevent iron deficiency and maintain iron balance. Understanding this relationship is crucial for iron management in women.
Read MoreSamantha Shay is a multidisciplinary artist, performer, director of theatre and film, and movement artist. As a creative instigator, catalyzer and master collaborator, her acclaimed body of work challenges traditional boundaries, creates new connections, and dances across the fault lines between disciplines. She is currently a Special Research Fellow in Theatre Directing at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, and is also the Artistic Director of Source Material, an interdisciplinary production company and artist collective, which she founded in 2014. From 2021 - 2023 Samantha was a Guest Artist & Researcher at Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, where she began as a Fulbright Scholar in 2021. During that time she created and launched numerous projects, some of which are still in development. samanthashay.art
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