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| Head Start For Migraine Sufferers | Fri, 03 Sep 2010 |
| Psychological migraine treatment gives sufferers a confidence boost in their ability to self-manage their symptoms. For severe migraine sufferers, psychological treatments build on the benefits of drug therapy, according to a new study by Elizabeth Seng and Dr. Kenneth Holroyd from Ohio University in the US... | |
| Botox Maker Allergan Agrees To Pay $600 Million And Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor | Wed, 01 Sep 2010 |
| Allergan Inc., the makers of BOTOX (onabotulinumtoxinA) announced that it has agreed to pay US $600 million and to plead guilty to misdemeanor, thus reaching a resolution with the DOJ (US Department of Justice) regarding a previously reported Government investigation into the company's past sales and marketing practices related to specific therapeutic uses of BOTOX... | |
| Genetic Link To Migraine Found, In DNA Variant On Chromosome 8 | Mon, 30 Aug 2010 |
| Scientists have identified the first genetic risk factor linked to a common type of migraine after examining the genetic data of over 50,000 individuals. The investigators say that this breakthrough gives them new insights into migraine triggers, which will hopefully lead to novel therapies to prevent episodes of migraine... | |
| Recurrent Teen Headaches Linked To Smoking, Overweight And Physical Inactivity | Thu, 19 Aug 2010 |
| Teenagers who regularly have headaches may find that their problem is linked to overweight, smoking and/or lack of physical exercise, according to an article published in the medical journal Neurology. The authors found that teenagers with all three factors - those who were overweight, smoked and did very little exercise - were 3... | |
| Headaches In Teens Tied To Overweight, Smoking And Lack Of Exercise | Thu, 19 Aug 2010 |
| Teens who are overweight, get little exercise or who smoke may be more likely to have frequent headaches and migraines than teens with none of these factors, according to a study published in the August 18, 2010, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Teens with all three of the negative lifestyle factors were 3... | |
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| REM Sleep Deprivation Plays A Role In Chronic Migraine | Thu, 24 Jun 2010 |
| Reporting at the American Headache Society's 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting in Los Angeles this week, new research shows that sleep deprivation leads to changes in the levels of key proteins that facilitate events involved in the underlying pathology of migraine. Paul L. Dunham, Ph.D... | |
| Migraine: Abnormal Brain Activity Not Restricted To Attacks | Thu, 24 Jun 2010 |
| Typically, migraine is considered to be an episodic disorder with discrete attacks of headache. But new research by Dr. Till Sprenger and his team from UCSF Headache Group and Technische Universitat Munchen found increased network activity -- stronger functional connectivity -- bilaterally in the visual, auditory and sensorimotor network in migraineurs... | |
| Soldiers With Migraine Endure Poor Sleep Quality | Thu, 24 Jun 2010 |
| Some 19 percent of soldiers returning from Iraq have migraine and migraine is suspected in another 17 percent. While prevalence of migraine among the U.S. military is well documented , little is known about sleep quality in soldiers with chronic headaches including post-traumatic headache and migraine... | |
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| Stigma Of Migraine Is Significant; Worse For Those With Chronic Migraine | Thu, 24 Jun 2010 |
| Researchers looking for the first time at how migraine sufferers experience the stigmatizing effects of their disease show that chronic migraine sufferers experience worse stigma than episodic migraine sufferers and more than those with other neurological diseases including stroke, epilepsy and MS... | |
| Link Between Adverse Childhood Experiences And Frequent Headache In Adults | Thu, 24 Jun 2010 |
| Children who experience maltreatment such as emotional, physical and sexual abuse are more likely to experience frequent headaches, including chronic migraine, as adults, say scientists presenting data at the American Headache Society's 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting in Los Angeles this week... | |
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| Sitting In Front Of A Screen Associated With Physical Complaints In Teenagers | Wed, 09 Jun 2010 |
| The amount of time teenagers spend in front of TV screens and monitors has been associated with physical complaints. A large study of more than 30,000 Nordic teenagers published in the open access journal BMC Public Health has shown that TV viewing, computer use and computer gaming (screen time) were consistently associated with back pain and recurrent headaches... | |
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| Modifiable Risk Factors For Headaches And Migraines In Teens | Mon, 07 Jun 2010 |
| A novel study by German researchers reported that alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking were associated with increased migraines and tension-type headaches (TTH) in high school students. Coffee drinking and physical inactivity were associated specifically with migraines... | |
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| Aspirin Effective For Migraine Relief, Study | Wed, 14 Apr 2010 |
| A single dose of 900-1000 mg aspirin can substantially reduce migraine headache pain within two hours, for more than half of people who take it. It also reduces any associated nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light or sound (photophobia or phonophobia)... | |
