Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

IHC: stigma towards migraine sufferers high

(HealthDay)—Individuals with migraine experience as much stigma as individuals with epilepsy and panic disorder, which are also episodic, according to a study presented at the 2013 International Headache Congress, held ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Obesity may boost migraine odds

(HealthDay)—Obese people may be at higher risk for episodic migraine headaches, a new study suggests.

Neuroscience

It's brain freeze season

Brain freeze is practically a rite of summer. It happens when you eat ice cream or gulp something ice cold too quickly. The scientific term is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, but that's a mouthful. Brain freeze is your ...

Neuroscience

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.

Cardiology

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.

Surgery

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 Surgery.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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.

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