Menstrual pain, also known as dysmenorrhea, is a debilitating disorder that affects over 50% of women in the United States. Dysmenorrhea is also a leading ri...

Possibly a combination of uterine contractions, ischemia. Using novel MRI methods our study shows that menstrual cramping pain occurs immediately and 30-70s ...

Chronic visceral pelvic pain disorders cause substantial morbidity and cost upwards of 50 billion dollars in lost US wages and health care expenditures. Visc...

We developed a method of studying spontaneous cramping to identify neurological mechanisms responsible for referred pelvic pain, which could allow for clinic...