{"id":3002,"date":"2016-04-19T21:50:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T13:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/19\/device-claims-to-turn-off-cramps-hoax-or-hope\/"},"modified":"2016-04-19T21:50:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T13:50:27","slug":"device-claims-to-turn-off-cramps-hoax-or-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/19\/device-claims-to-turn-off-cramps-hoax-or-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Device claims to &#039;turn off&#039; cramps: Hoax or hope?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Livia\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzE4LzU3L2xpdmlhLjU0NTU5LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/6c23aa8c\/c3f\/livia.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Device+claims+to+%27turn+off%27+cramps%3A+Hoax+or+hope%3F&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F19%2Flivia%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F19%2Flivia%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>If you get menstrual cramps, you know how absolutely debilitating they can be. And most of us want to minimize our intake of pain medication.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mylivia.com\/\">Livia<\/a>\u00a0seeks to change the way we treat cramps.\u00a0The new device, which launched in early April, is currently seeking funding on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/livia-the-off-switch-for-menstrual-pain#\/\">Indiegogo<\/a>. It promises to &#8220;shut off&#8221; menstrual cramps through electrical impulses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/03\/30\/whoopi-goldberg-medical-marijuana-women\/\">Whoopi Goldberg wants to treat your period cramps with weed<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Shock&#8221; your cramps away? Interesting.<\/p>\n<p>If you have ever received electric therapy from a physical therapist or a chiropractor, you&#8217;ll be familiar with this method. Livia was designed to stop the pain receptors from your brain to your \u2014 as this video describes it \u2014 &#8220;lady parts.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/19\/livia\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Tech<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/gadgets\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Gadgets<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/health\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Health<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/indiegogo\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Indiegogo<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/menstruation\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Menstruation<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/vKQxlNaFhQQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you get menstrual cramps, you know how absolutely debilitating they can be. And most of us want to minimize our intake of pain medication. Livia\u00a0seeks to change the way we treat cramps.\u00a0The new device, which launched in early April, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/19\/device-claims-to-turn-off-cramps-hoax-or-hope\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[726,1205,1822,2292,725],"class_list":["post-3002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-gadgets","tag-health","tag-indiegogo","tag-menstruation","tag-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}