http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Migraine headaches are a major cause of ill health and a reduced quality of life. Some individuals suffer from a frequent and severe migraine problem which means that they require regular medication to try and prevent them. A new review of the medications, which may help to prevent episodic migraines, appears in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. The authors, Tatyana Shamliyan from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, and her colleagues, compare published research on the drugs available to find those which offer the best migraine prevention coupled with the fewest adverse side-effects. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-migraine-treatment-drugs-benefits.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:50:01 EST news285417182 Wearing a nerve stimulator for 20 minutes a day may be a new option for migraine sufferers, according to new research published in the February 6, 2013, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-nerve-migraine.html Neuroscience Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:00:03 EST news279386401 (Medical Xpress)—People who regularly take medicines, such as aspirin, paracetamol and triptans could be causing themselves more pain than relief. New guidance out today (Wednesday 19 September) from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) advises GPs and other healthcare professionals to consider the possibility of "medication overuse" in their patients who have been taking medicines for up to half of the days in a month, over three months. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-painkillers-headaches.html Medications Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:00:01 EST news267263194 Chronic migraine sufferers saw significant pain relief after four weeks of electrical brain stimulation in the part of the brain responsible for voluntary movement, the motor cortex, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-migraine-patients-pain-relief-electrical.html Medical research Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:50:22 EST news254134191 Experts from the International Headache Society (IHS) have developed new recommendations for conduct of acute and preventive migraine clinical trials. The third edition of Migraine Clinical Trials Guidelines is now available in the IHS journal Cephalalgia, which is published by SAGE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-migraine-clinical-trial-guidelines.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:57:53 EST news246625032 Acupuncture and sham acupuncture appear equally effective in treating migraines, according to a clinical trial published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-randomized-trials-highlight-difficulties-migraines.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:53:48 EST news245335993