October 14, 2008
- 12:30 pm
By Lauren - University of Michigan

Men are always complaining about women and PMS and all that jazz. To which I respond by hitting them…and then eating a candy bar. They just don’t understand; it’s not our fault that our hormones go completely nuts every month and make us want to scream/laugh/cry/murder someone/eat a cake in the span of about 4 minutes.
But maybe now they do?
According to Jed Diamond, there is a new syndrome being seen in men with symptoms similar to those of a PMS-y woman: Irritable Man Syndrome. Diamond claims this disorder sets in at about the same age as women go through menopause (40-55), but I am convinced it is affecting our college boys too…and not just on those days when their favorite football team just lost a big game.
While you may be tempted to dump this dude’s ass for his strange (and pathetic) behavior, you should be patient: it’s clinical and he, like you, just can’t help it.
Below are 5 signs your man is in the throes of Irritable Man Syndrome. Read More »
Tags: cry, early show, frosting, hormones, ims, ims health, irritable male syndrome, jed diamond, jiff commercial, male menopause, men, menopause, moody, pms, Sex, the early show, the notebook, threesome, WebMD, women
June 30, 2008
- 1:30 pm
By CC Staff

I told my mother the other day that I felt like I was getting old and she laughed at me. She said she didn’t want to hear sh*t about getting old until I went through menopause. Fair enough.
But that doesn’t detract from the fact that I feel thirty and all of its dastardly implications creeping up behind me, breathing warm and horrifying down my neck. Here are some signs that I’m getting old; my youth and lack of responsibility fading farther and farther into the distance. Keep in mind that there is a distinction between getting old and becoming more mature, as one can see in the way I respond to my family in #8. Read More »
Tags: adulthood, dust bowl, exercise, getting old, menopause, npr, older men, responsibility, step aerobics, unsolved mysteries, volvo, waking up early