News tagged with migraine sufferers
Genetic mutation linked with typical form of migraine
A research team led by a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at the University of California, San Francisco has identified a genetic mutation that is strongly associated with a typical form of migraine.
Genetics
May 01, 2013 |
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Battery-operated skin patch offers new option for migraine sufferers
(HealthDay)—The first skin patch approved to treat migraines offers patients an alternative to pills, nasal sprays and injections, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 26, 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 ...
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Mar 18, 2013 |
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FDA approves first skin patch to combat migraines
(HealthDay News) —A skin patch for the treatment of migraines, and the intense waves of nausea that often accompany these debilitating headaches, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 21, 2013 |
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Four gene loci predispose people to most common subtype of migraine
An international research group has identified four new gene loci predisposing people to the most common subtype of migraine, migraine without aura. About two-thirds of migraine sufferers belong to this group. ...
Genetics
Jun 10, 2012 |
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Tinted specs offer real migraine relief, says fMRI study
Precision tinted lenses have been used widely to reduce visual perceptual distortions in poor readers, and are increasingly used for migraine sufferers, but until now the science behind these effects has been unclear. Now ...
Neuroscience
May 26, 2011 |
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Causes of migraines nearly impossible to determine
Women often point to stress, hormones, alcohol, or even the weather as possible triggers for their migraines. But a new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center found that it is nearly impossible for patients to determine ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 08, 2013 |
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Can nerve stimulation help prevent migraine?
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 Academ ...
Neuroscience
Feb 06, 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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Behavior issues are a bigger headache for children with migraines
Kids who get migraine headaches are much more likely than other children to also have behavioral difficulties, including social and attention issues, and anxiety and depression. The more frequent the headaches, the greater ...
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Sep 17, 2012 |
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New hope for migraine sufferers: Female gene link identified
New hope has arrived for migraine sufferers following a Griffith University study with the people of Norfolk Island.
Genetics
Jun 04, 2012 |
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Many migraine sufferers can predict their migraine attack
As many as one-third of sufferers of migraine with aura experience forewarning symptoms even the day before an attack that might create an opportunity for intervention and prevention. Later during the actual migraine episode ...
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Jun 01, 2011 |
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