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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 17, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba A10 Canada / world Winnipeg free press saturday july 17, 2004 its worse than pms Relief is More elusive ads research severe disorder known As pmed eccentric Fischer checkmate at Airport by Eric Talmadge Tokyo ? it want a smart move. After decades of evading the Public Eye and . Justice officials former world Champion Bobby Fischer ? pos Sibly the Best and certainly the most eccentric chess player Ever ? has been taken into custody by japanese Immi Gration after allegedly trying to leave the country with an invalid passport. Fischer 61, was detained at Narita Airport outside Tokyo while trying to Board a Japan airlines flight for the Philippines on tuesday. The . Embassy confirmed Fischer was detained. Fischer is wanted in the United states for playing a 1992 chess match in the former Yugoslavia in violation of inter National sanctions. Japan and the United states have an extradition treaty. But Fischer a detention ? and a pos sible handover to . Authorities ? gives Japan a Chance to show it is co operating with the United states just Days before japanese officials plan to bring an accused . Army deserter Charles Robert Jenkins to Tokyo for urgent medical treatment. Jenkins whose japanese wife was kidnapped by North Korea in 1978 and returned Home in 2002, is wanted by Washington on desertion charges for allegedly defecting to North Korea in 1965. Jenkins is suffering from prob lems following abdominal surgery in North Korea. Miyoko Watai a longtime Friend of Fischer a told the associated press she had talked to him in custody. She said he was told he would be deported but was planning to Appeal. Considered by Many to be the Best player Ever Fischer became a grand master at age 15. He became a cold War hero in 1972 when he Defeated Boris Spassky of the soviet Union at a widely followed series of matches in Reykjavik ice land to become the first american world chess Champion. The event was marked by Fischer a Odd behaviour ? either eccentricities or calculated psychological warfare against Spassky ? that ranged from arriving two Days late to complaining about the lighting to cameras the spectators even the Shine on the table. He forfeited the title in 1975, Refus ing to play when conditions that he demanded proved unacceptable to the International chess federation. He resurfaced for a dramatic rematch against Spassky in Yugoslavia in 1992, beating him 10-5 to win $3.35 million us. In interviews Fischer has praised the sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks saying America should be wiped out and accused . Officials of hounding him. He often digressed into anti jew ish rants even though his Mother was jewish. ? associated press by Andy Ogle e Edmonton ? its called pmed ? premenstrual dysphoric disorder ? and its symptoms can make pms seem like a slight headache compared to a migraine. There a no such thing As mild pmed says or. Jean Michelle Melle do a psychiatrist and director of the mood and anxiety disorders clinic at the University of Alberta who is seeking its cause. About two to five per cent of menstruating women Are affected by pmed but the disorder is not Well known. What women have told me is no one knows about it and no one is Able to Tell them what it is or Why they have it says Janette Seres a Post doctoral fellow working with Lemelledo on a new study into the disorder. Like some women with pms women who suffer from pmed experience irritability sadness anxiety and mood swings but their symptoms Are so severe they often can to function socially or at work he says. I could to stand noise i was extremely irritable and temperamental says Shelley Mathiason 41, an Edmonton woman diagnosed with the disorder. She says she became a different woman 10 to 14 Days before her period. I would cry easily and my head Felt full. Its not like a headache but my head Felt like it would Seres and Lemelledo along with Chris Hanstock and Peter Allen in the u of a biomedical engineering department Are using a special Fri technique called magnetic resonance spectroscopy to measure Levels of a brain chemical called Gaba in women who suffer from pmed As Well As healthy control subjects. A neurotransmitter that has an inhibitory or braking effect Gaba is one of the most common brain Chemi cals. Among other things it has a Calm ing effect reduces anxiety and helps you get a Good nights sleep. When you look at All the Behaviours affected in pmed the link is Clear says Lemelledo. Their hypothesis based on previous studies is that Levels of Gaba Are decreased or at least altered in women with pmed. They re measuring Levels of Gaba in two different areas of the brain and at times when women have symptoms and when they Don to. They re also gathering genetic data to see if they can show if the disorder or a predisposition to it is inherited. What is Clear Lemelledo says is pmed has a biological basis. Ultimately the Hope is the study will Lead to development of new medications says Lemelledo. ? can West news service service available in select areas. Substitutions and blackouts May apply. Its to requires minimum subscription to Basic group. Installation costs $25 and covers 3 remotes and installation to serviced to outlets. Ask your installer for details. Terms and conditions of service apply. Its to is a trademark of Manitoba telecoms services inc., and its design Mark is a registered trademark of Manitoba telecoms services inc., both used under License. ;