Introducing CRAMPED: "Has Period Education Gotten Better For Teens?"

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Hosted by Kate Helen Downey, CRAMPED is an investigative deep dive, exploring what the research actually says about menstrual pain and reproductive health, and the gap between what science knows and what options are give...

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