SJSCIENCE
Issue 1, Summer 2012

Are female complains during the “certain period of month” justified? Thousands of jokes made on PMS shows that both men and woman are curious to know the answer – probably because both gender sometimes feel miserable victims of PMS. More than 60 instruments have been used for symptoms recording and still a single favorable method for the measurement and the detection of physical changes is missing. A group of SJSM students tried to find out:

Can symptoms of premenstrual syndrome be objectivized using autonomic nervous system testing?

Kadhim Z, Moullette I, von Kanel L (Paper presented at the Science day, Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean, May 8, 2012)