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CRAMPEDAuthor: Kate Downey
One nerds quest to find out why we know next to nothing about period pain. Tired of suffering from "death cramps" with no diagnosis for 20 years, Kate Downey has to look for her own answers. She interviews top doctors and researchers, and delves into topics from Greek history to sitcoms to TikTok wellness scams, all to figure out why menstrual pain is so often dismissed and untreated. What she finds will change how you think about your own body and the medical system. Because having a microphone gets you more answers than having a uterus. Season 1 launches weekly episodes starting February 2025. Language: en Genres: Documentary, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Using Period Blood to Diagnose Disease - Subscriber only episode teaser
Episode 13
Tuesday, 4 November, 2025
You know how many diseases are diagnosed or monitored by drawing blood from a vein in your arm and running tests on it? Would those tests still work if you ran them on menstrual blood? It's not THAT crazy, right? So why did the first research into this only start TWELVE YEARS AGO?? In this subscriber-only episode, Kate covers the (brief) history of how western medicine has thought of menstrual blood, and introduces you to three organizations currently developing diagnostic tests to be done on period blood. What if you could dip a test strip in your menstrual cup and find out if you have endometriosis?? Or diabetes, or cervical cancer, or an STI? What if a natural bodily fluid that's been thought of as "stinky and useless" throughout the course of modern medicine could...actually be the key to solving the mysteries of these diseases? To listen to the full episode, join the CRAMPED Patreon at any level: https://www.patreon.com/c/CRAMPEDCheck out the ROSE Study here: https://www.northwell.edu/news/insights/outsmarting-endometriosisSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
