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There’s no denying that one surefire way to not be able to fall asleep is to have a massive headache or some of the other symptoms of migraine (nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to touch, for example).
According to a study published in the journal Headache, researchers found that people with migraines have 2.5 times higher rate […]
Topamax, a medication for epilepsy and often used for preventing migraines, is being investigated as a cause for birth defects.
Treating women with seizure disorders who become pregnant is a difficult task because the medications are necessary to prevent seizures, but may cause defects in the unborn child. A small study that was published this month […]
Despite headaches being one of the most common types of chronic pain, there are many myths and many questions surrounding them.
This article, from the Daily News in the UK, does a good job of explaining the 7 most common myths: How to take the pain out of dealing with your headaches.
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Oxygen is being touted as a possible treatment for migraines and cluster headaches, according to researchers. According to this article, Oxygen therapy might ease pain of migraine, cluster headaches, the results of two studies showed that patients who received oxygen therapy had better pain relief than those who […]
Diana Lee over at Somebody Heal Me is hosting this month’s Headache Blog Carnival.
Generally speaking, a blog carnival is a collection of links to a variety of a blogs on a central topic. The Headache & Migraine Disease Blog Carnival has been created to provide both headache and migraine disease patients and people who blog […]
M is for magnet…and how this blog keeps drawing you back! :-)
But seriously, M is for:
Migraine: Absolutely incredibly horrible head pain that can be accompanied by nausea, and inability to tolerate the light and many other sensations. Some good links for migraine information are:
Help for Headaches and Migraine Pain
American Headache Society
ClusterHeadaches.com
Metastasis: People who have cancer […]
A study done in the Netherlands examining the use of botulinum toxin A for chronic headache found that this might be an effective treatment for patients with frontally localised chronic daily headache or chronic tension-type headache.
The researchers treated 10 patients who had headaches that got worse when pressure was applied in a specific point around […]
H is for…
Herniated discs: also called slipped discs, bulging discs or ruptured discs, they can happen anywhere along the spine, from the neck right down to the lower back.
H.pylori: It used to be thought that stomach ulcers were caused by stress and/or diet. Doctors now know that many ulcers are caused by a bacteria […]
Is there a connection between chronic migraines and lack of vitamin D? Considering all the news the vitamin has been getting lately, it wouldn’t be a surprise.
Here’s a Medscape article that discusses this: Vitamin D Deficiency Common in Patients With Chronic Migraine.
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