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What Causes PMS?
Season 3
Episode 41
The science of PMS helps to create a grab bag of unpleasant physical and psychological symptoms, PMS can be much more than an annoyance. Reactions looks at how hormones including estrogen and progesterone interact with secondary chemicals, which can lead to symptoms of PMS.
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