Article: PMS breakthroughs: doctors now believe there are actually five different types of PMS. And they need to be treated five different ways. Find your ailments below, and beat the blues (& bloat) every month.(sexual health)

1 YOUR PMS PROBLEMS: rapid mood swings, tension crankiness, restlessness

YOUR PMS Rx:

* Do deep-breathing exercises for at least five minutes twice a day. "Women with premenstrual turmoil often have slightly higher-than-normal levels of carbon dioxide and lower levels of oxygen hi their blood, because they tend to breathe shallowly," explains Diana Taylor, Ph. D., a PMS researcher at the School of Nursing at University of California--San Francisco. Deep breathing helps restore the proper chemical balance, which can ease anxiety. Simply sit down, lean slightly forward, and slowly breathe in through your nose until your belly fills with air. Then, slowly ...

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