ARTICLE TOOLS TODAY IN HEALTH & SCIENCE ARTICLE TOOLS ( ) FONT   ( ) FONT Premenstrual distress The New York Times THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2005 Women who take in a lot of calcium and vitamin D appear less likely than others to suffer from premenstrual syndrome, researchers have found.   Earlier studies had suggested that calcium might reduce the severity of premenstrual symptoms like depression, irritability and fatigue. But writing in the current Archives of Internal Medicine, the researchers said this appeared to be the first evidence that regular consumption of calcium and vitamin D, which regulates calcium absorption, could reduce the risk of the syndrome.   The researchers, led by Dr. Elizabeth Bertone-Johnson of the University of Massachusetts, based their findings on the figures in the Nurses' Health Study, a large, continuing long-term

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