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I Got a Diagnosis. Now What?
Season 1 Episode 6
Kate sees a specialist and finally gets a diagnosis for the condition causing her severe period pain. But instead of relief and a clear treatment plan, she just has more questions. She interviews her…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
How Do I Balance My Hormones?
Season 1 Episode 5
Kate gets sucked down a rabbit hole of "hormone balancing" content on TikTok, and wonders...this whole time, have her cramps just been due to a hormone imbalance? She talks with Alex Sujong Laughlin …
Published on 8 months ago
Who’s Researching New Treatments for Period Pain?
Season 1 Episode 4
Kate takes a field trip to Evanston, Illinois to visit the Gynecology Research Laboratory, where a team of doctors and researchers are doing groundbreaking studies to understand period pain and find …
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
How Many People Have Severe Period Pain?
Season 1 Episode 3
It seems like a simple question, right? How many other people out there are experiencing "death cramps"? It turns out...not so much.
Kate brings on her sister Maeve, who also gets death cramps, to fi…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
The ER: Why Isn't Period Pain Treated Like Other Kinds of Pain?
Season 1 Episode 2
When you're in severe pain and can't figure out how to make it go away, you might seek help at an ER or Urgent Care. But if you're experiencing severe PERIOD pain, you may not get what you need.
Kate …
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Death Cramps: Is This Normal?
Season 1 Episode 1
Just how bad are Kate's "really bad cramps"? And what could be causing them?
In the first of ten episodes, host Kate Helen Downey describes what happens when "death cramps" strike at work. Gynecolog…
Published on 9 months ago
A Preview of Period Pain Answers
A sneak peek at what's to come in the 10 episodes of CRAMPED - first episode dropping Tuesday February 4th, with new episodes weekly for 10 weeks.
See more info at https://www.katehelendowney.com/cr…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Introducing Cramped
One nerd’s 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 i…
Published on 1 year ago