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PMS Causes Our Brain To Change

Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Examiner.com

August 11, 11:40 AM
Detroit Alternative Medicine ExaminerDebbie Nicholson

Women with cramps in the lower abdomen prior to or during menstruation also seem to possibly have abnormal structure alterations in brain areas that cover pain and emotions. This irregularity continues even when women are not having periodic menstrual pain, as stated by a study in Taiwan.

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Menstrual Cramps Change the Brain, Study Says

Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

ABC News
Cyclic Pain May Contribute to Structural Changes in the Brain, Researchers Say
By NANCY WALSH, MedPage Today Contributing Writer
Aug. 11, 2010

Women who experience cramps in the lower abdomen just before or during menstruation also appear more likely to have abnormal structural changes in the areas of the brain involved in pain and emotion — and these abnormalities persist even when the women are not experiencing cyclic menstrual pain, according to a study conducted in Taiwan.

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Painful Menstrual Is Unbearable To Handle

Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

One India

Friday, July 23, 2010, 13:54 [IST]
Denise Baptiste
Menstrual Cramps are the most common among women of today. Not all women undergo these painful moments during their monthly periods. But most of them do! The medical term of this menstrual cramps are called as ‘ dysmenorrhea’.

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A solution for excessive menstrual cycles

Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

ABC 15.com

Arizona

Drs. Goodman & Partridge, OB/GYN is a sponsor of Sonoran Living Live.
Article provided by Drs. Goodman & Partridge, OB/GYN

Dr. Jennifer Iacovelli of Drs. Goodman & Partridge, OB/GYN is now performing a procedure in the office for women suffering from excessive menstrual bleeding called Novasure.

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The Menstruation Machine

Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

MANCOUCH

July 6, 2010

If a man could be a woman for a day, there are certainly quite a lot of things he would be curious about. But I’m certain menstruation would not be one of them. A Japanese art student, however, would like to say otherwise. For his graduate project at the Royal College of Art, Hiromi Ozaki created a device that would mimic the effects of menstruation. For the man who always wants to know what his girlfriend is bitching about, this one is for you.

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Impres Medical raises $3 million for device to stop menstruation

Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Med City News

6.7.10

Impres Medical Inc. has raised $3 million from the sale of convertible debt and and stock options, according to documents recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The start-up, based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, is developing an implantable device to stop severe cramping (dysmenorrhea) and heavy bleeding (menorrhagia) in women by “deactivating” the endometrium, the inner layer of tissue lining the uterus, which the body sheds during menstruation.

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Condom meets tampon to extract stem cells

Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

cnet news

by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore
May 19, 2009

If the thought of menstrual blood makes you squirm, click the back button now. Consider yourself warned. A senior at Parsons The New School for Design, Chelsea Briganti, says the device she’s designed is for “young, exuberant, active, strong, empowered” women anyway.

The device, essentially a menstrual stem cell collector, looks like an extra thick, artsy condom and functions much like a tampon; it is inserted, and its purpose is to sop up menstrual blood. Only Briganti’s device, named the Mademoicell, is intended to be shipped to a lab, where the stem cells could help create such things as new heart tissue.

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Living » Health » Wellbeing » Full story Home Remedies For Menstrual Pain

Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

ONE INDIA
Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 14:54 [IST]
By: Devaki Bhattathiripad

Majority of women have painful menstruation, which will start before or after the beginning of periods. The pain, which may last for certain hours or even two or three days, make women uncomfortable doing their normal activities. Here are some temporary home remedies for menstrual cramps:

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Is Your Pre-Teen Ready?

Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

TimesBulletin.com

Ohio
April 27, 2010

By Shane Gerber, C.N.P.

Wondering how and when to introduce the subject of menstruation to your pre-teen? It’s very important to begin the talk at an early age because most girls begin to menstruate when they’re about 12, but periods can start as early as 8 years of age.

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No time for bleeding

Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

The Manila Times

Menstruation and physical fitness
BY ROME JORGE Lifestyle Editor

April 7, 2010

How do they do it? How do top female athletes train and compete regularly despite menstruation? Despite incapacitating cramps that make it difficult to move about. Despite bloody discharges that necessitate the replacement of sanitary pads at the most inconvenient of situations. Despite mood swings that challenge people skills, managerial decisions and personal bonds. Despite having three to seven days of every month taken away, leaving even less time for fitness and wellness.

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