Medications
FDA approves electric headband to prevent migraine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it approved a Belgium-made nerve-stimulating headband as the first medical device to prevent migraine headaches.
Mar 11, 2014
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Neuroscience
Does more stress equal more headaches?
A new study provides evidence for what many people who experience headache have long suspected—having more stress in your life leads to more headaches. The study released today will be presented at the American Academy ...
Feb 19, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study shows that high-blood pressure medicine also prevents migraines
Candesartan is just as effective as more the commonly prescribed propranolol when it comes to preventing migraine attacks, according to a new study from St. Olavs Hospital in Trondheim, Norway and the Norwegian University ...
Jan 13, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Don't let migraines ruin your holidays
(HealthDay)—The holidays can challenge the estimated 30 million migraine sufferers in the United States as they try to deal with crowds, travel delays, stress and other potential headache triggers.
Dec 26, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Adding cognitive behavioral therapy to treatment of pediatric migraine improves relief of symptoms
Among children and adolescents with chronic migraine, the use of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) resulted in greater reductions in headache frequency and migraine-related disability compared with headache education, according ...
Dec 24, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
FDA approves new magnet device to treat migraines
(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first device aimed at easing the pain of migraines preceded by aura—sensory disturbances that occur just before an attack.
Dec 15, 2013
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Health
How Wagner's operas held secrets of his disabling migraines and headaches
In a paper published in the Christmas edition of The BMJ, researchers have looked at how German composer Richard Wagner's disabling migraines and headaches influenced his operas.
Dec 12, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Got the sniffles? Migraines spike with allergies and hay fever
People with migraine who also battle allergies and hay fever (rhinitis) endure a more severe form of headaches than their peers who struggle with migraine, but aren't affected by the seasonal or year-round sniffles, according ...
Nov 25, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What not to do for migraines
(HealthDay)—Prescription pain medications should not be the first treatment for migraines. And doctors shouldn't routinely order brain scans for patients with these debilitating headaches, according to new guidelines.
Nov 21, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Depression twice as likely in migraine sufferers
The prevalence of depression among those with migraine is approximately twice as high as for those without the disease (men: 8.4% vs. 3.4%; women 12.4% vs. 5.7%), according to a new study published by University of Toronto ...
Oct 17, 2013
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