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Scientists Identify The Cause Behind Pre-menstrual Tension

by VR Sreeraman on  January 29, 2012 at 3:50 PM Women Health News
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Scientists have discovered the reason behind the pre-menstrual tension that affects more than 90 percent of women of reproductive age.

The finding could lead to improved treatments for the often-agonising monthly condition.
Scientists Identify The Cause Behind Pre-menstrual Tension
Scientists Identify The Cause Behind Pre-menstrual Tension

Imbalances in levels of the female sex hormone have long been linked to the monthly blues.

Now, university experts in Beijing have found that PMT is triggered by brain cells going into overdrive in the part of the brain that controls emotions, the Daily Express reported.

Source: ANI
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