Neuroscience

New guidelines: Treatments can help prevent migraine

Research shows that many treatments can help prevent migraine in certain people, yet few people with migraine who are candidates for these preventive treatments actually use them, according to new guidelines issued by the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Occipital nerve stimulation effective for chronic migraine

(HealthDay)—For patients with chronic migraine (CM), peripheral nerve stimulation of the occipital nerves reduces the number of headache days, according to a study published online Oct. 25 in Pain Practice.

Neuroscience

Review: Acupuncture bests sham acupuncture for migraine

(HealthDay)—Acupuncture seems better than sham acupuncture for reducing the frequency of migraine attacks, intensity, and responder rate, according to a review and meta-analysis published online Nov. 26 in The Neurologist.

Medications

Eptinezumab speeds pain, symptom relief from migraine attack

(HealthDay)—Compared with placebo, treatment with intravenous eptinezumab after onset of a moderate-to-severe migraine attack shortens time to resolution of headache pain and the most bothersome symptom, according to a ...

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