News tagged with headaches
Having both migraines, depression may mean smaller brain
(HealthDay)—Migraines and depression can each cause a great deal of suffering, but new research indicates the combination of the two may be linked to something else entirely—a smaller brain.
Neuroscience
May 22, 2013 |
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Govt stops study seeking to prevent type of stroke
The government has halted a study testing treatments for a condition in the brain that can cause strokes. Early results suggest invasive therapies are riskier than previously thought.
Cardiology
May 11, 2013 |
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Most endoscopic brow-lift patients satisfied with result
(HealthDay)—The majority of patients undergoing endoscopic brow-lift are happy with the outcome and would recommend the procedure, according to research published online May 9 in JAMA Facial Plastic Su ...
Surgery
May 10, 2013 |
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Dengue epidemic hits Angola for first time
An epidemic of dengue fever has broken out in oil-rich Angola for the first time, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Wednesday.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 08, 2013 |
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FDA warns pregnant women about migraine drugs
(HealthDay)—Pregnant women who struggle with migraine headaches should never use medicines containing the ingredient valproate because they can lower the IQ scores of their children, the U.S. Food and Drug ...
Medications
May 06, 2013 |
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A new wrinkle for botox: Research reveals how botulinum toxins affect neuron survival
(Medical Xpress)—Botulinum toxins are feared as a food poison and bioterror threat, and for good reason. It takes only minute amounts of these bacterial toxins to block signals from nerve cells that control ...
Medical research
Mar 27, 2013 |
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Study links babies' colic to mothers' migraines
A study of mothers and their young babies by neurologists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has shown that mothers who suffer migraine headaches are more than twice as likely to have babies with colic ...
Neuroscience
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Electric stimulation of brain releases powerful, opiate-like painkiller
Researchers used electricity on certain regions in the brain of a patient with chronic, severe facial pain to release an opiate-like substance that's considered one of the body's most powerful painkillers.
Neuroscience
Jan 02, 2013 |
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Chronic pain gene identified
British researchers say they have identified the gene that controls chronic pain, opening the door to new drug therapies that block the chemical processes that cause chronic back pain, headaches or arthritis.
Genetics
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Researchers find master switch for adult epilepsy
UC Irvine and French researchers have identified a central switch responsible for the transformation of healthy brain cells into epileptic ones, opening the way to both treat and prevent temporal lobe epilepsy.
Neuroscience
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Could painkillers be causing your headaches?
(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 ...
Medications
Sep 19, 2012 |
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No proof drugs ease kids' migraines, study says
(HealthDay)—Children and teens who get migraine headaches suffer in multiple ways, missing school and fun time with friends while waiting for the debilitating pain to subside.
Pediatrics
Jan 28, 2013 |
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Chronic migraine headache relief possible with outpatient surgery
When medications fail to eradicate debilitating migraine headaches, surgery could provide relief for certain patients.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 04, 2013 |
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Blood levels of fat cell hormone may predict severity of migraines
In a small, preliminary study of regular migraine sufferers, scientists have found that measuring a fat-derived protein called adiponectin (ADP) before and after migraine treatment can accurately reveal which headache victims ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 18, 2013 |
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All in the family: A genetic link between epilepsy and migraine
New research reveals a shared genetic susceptibility to epilepsy and migraine. Findings published in Epilepsia, a journal of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), indicate that having a strong family history of sei ...
Neuroscience
Jan 07, 2013 |
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Headache
A headache or cephalalgia is pain anywhere in the region of the head or neck. It can be a symptom of a number of different conditions of the head and neck. The brain tissue itself is not sensitive to pain because it lacks pain receptors. Rather, the pain is caused by disturbance of the pain-sensitive structures around the brain. Several areas of the head and neck have these pain-sensitive structures, which are the cranium (the periosteum of the skull), muscles, nerves, arteries and veins, subcutaneous tissues, eyes, ears, sinuses and mucous membranes.
There are a number of different classification systems for headaches. The most well-recognized is that of the International Headache Society. Treatment of a headache depends on the underlying etiology or cause, but commonly involves analgesics.
For more information about Headache, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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