For generations, menstrual cramps have been dismissed, minimized or misunderstood. Yet dysmenorrhea — the clinical term for period pain — affects roughly half of menstruating individuals worldwide, with severity ranging from mild discomfort to debilitating agony that derails daily life. The cramping sensation stems from uterine muscle contractions, triggered by hormone-like substances called prostaglandins that […]

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