Neuroscience
People who suffer migraine headaches may be at double the risk of stroke
People who suffer migraine headaches with auras are at roughly double the risk of suffering the most common type of stroke.
Mar 25, 2015
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News tagged with suffering
Medications
Fixing pain management could help us solve the opioid crisis
Australia is facing a critical public health issue of poorly managed pain. The combination of poor health outcomes, inappropriate prescribing for pain and non-prescription use of opioids has resulted in opioid-related deaths ...
Feb 2, 2018
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Neuroscience
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 ...
May 26, 2011
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Neuroscience
Having migraines raises the risk of dementia, study finds
As if migraines didn't already cause enough suffering, a new study has found that people who experience the debilitating headaches are at much higher risk for Alzheimer's disease.
Sep 17, 2019
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Medications
Chronic pain patients say opioid crackdown is hurting them
Jim Watkins lives with pain so intense it can snatch his breath away. He has osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease, and the best way he has found to control the anguish is with daily doses of tramadol, ...
Jun 8, 2017
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Medical research
Cannabis pain relief without the 'high'
In the wake of cannabis legalization, a team of scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and McGill University have delivered encouraging news for chronic pain sufferers by pinpointing ...
Oct 24, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
5 things asthma suffers can do to keep lungs healthy amid coronavirus
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, it potentially poses a particular issue for asthma sufferers.
Apr 28, 2020
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Neuroscience
Smartphone relaxation app helps some manage migraine
Migraine sufferers who used a smartphone-based relaxation technique at least twice a week experienced on average four fewer headache days per month, a new study shows.
Jun 4, 2019
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Health
New study reveals the benefits of Alexander Technique Lessons for chronic pain
(Medical Xpress)—Chronic pain sufferers may benefit from learning the Alexander Technique in NHS outpatient pain clinics according to a new service evaluation project. More than half of the service users in the study stopped ...
Sep 20, 2012
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Genetics
Sixteen new genetic regions for allergies discovered
(Medical Xpress)—In two of the largest genetic studies ever conducted on common allergies, including pollen, dust-mite and cat allergies, 16 new genetic regions related to the condition have been discovered. Together they ...
Jul 1, 2013
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