by Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Cassandra Nivens has experienced painful periods since age 14. To cope with being mostly incapacitated for some time each month, Nivens learned to manage what she believed were normal hormonal shifts, often scheduling time away from school and work around a 28-day cycle. […]
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