TUESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) — Women who get migraine headaches with aura should stop smoking and using birth control pills because they may increase their risk of stroke, researchers say.
For people who suffer migraine headaches with aura — visual disturbances before or during the migraine — the risk for ischemic stroke is doubled, they [...]
Archive for the ‘migraines’ Category
29 Oct
Migraine With Aura Can Double Stroke Risk
15 Aug
New Migraine Drug Shows Promise
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FRIDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) — An experimental inhaled drug called Levadex is an effective treatment for migraines, according to a drug company-funded study.
The phase III trial, conducted at the Jefferson Headache Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, found that migraine patients who took the drug had greater relief from symptoms such as [...]
26 Jun
Things That Trigger Migraines
Common causes among women
By Diana Kohnle
(HealthDay News) — June 25, 2009 – While migraines and their causes vary from person to person, researchers have identified some common triggers.
The National Women’s Health Information Center offers this list:
Too much sleep, or not enough shut-eye.
Missing meals.
Overstimulated senses, including noises that are too loud, scents that are too [...]
25 Jun
Smoking More Than Five Cigarettes A Day May Provoke Migraine Attacks
ScienceDaily (June 24, 2009) — Tobacco acts as a precipitating factor for headaches, specifically migraines, new research suggests. This is indicated in a study which shows that smokers have more migraine attacks and that smoking more than five cigarettes a day triggers this headache. The work has appeared in the Journal of Headache and Pain.
The [...]
3 Apr
Post-traumatic stress common in migraine sufferers
By Megan Rauscher
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – April 03, 2009 – Adults who suffer migraine headaches are more apt to have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than the general population, a new study suggests. And having PTSD and migraine may lead to greater headache-related disability.
”Taken together, our findings suggest that identification and treatment of PTSD in [...]
30 Mar
Menstrual migraine pattern may start in adolescence
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – March 30, 2009 – The association between menstruation and migraine headaches may start to become evident during adolescence, according to findings published in the March issue of Headache.
Menstrual migraine is well-recognized in adult populations but not in adolescent populations, Dr. Andrew D. Hershey, of Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, [...]
12 Mar
Migraines in Pregnancy Boost Vascular Risks
Headaches should be seen as indicator of other problems
March 11, 2009 (HealthDay News) — Women who have migraines during pregnancy are 15 times more likely than other women to suffer a stroke, twice as likely to have heart disease and three times more likely to have blood clots and other vascular problems during pregnancy, says [...]
28 Feb
Behavioral Link Between Insomnia And Tension-type Headaches
ScienceDaily (Feb. 25, 2009) — Using sleep or napping to cope with chronic pain caused by tension-type headaches could lead to chronic insomnia according to a new study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center. The study, published in the February 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, found that napping to relieve [...]
23 Jan
Migraines and mood disorders may be connected
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Jan. 21, 2008 – Research suggests that people who suffer from migraine headaches are at increased risk of also suffering from mood and anxiety disorders.
“An expanding body of literature has shown that migraine headaches are associated with higher rates of mental disorders,” Dr. Jitender Sareen, of the University of Manitoba, [...]
3 Jan
Headache before stroke more common in migraineurs
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Dec. 31, 2008 – A new study of stroke patients indicates that those with migraine are much more likely to experience a headache prior to the onset of stroke than are similar stroke patients with no history of migraine or serious headaches, Italian researchers report in the current issue of [...]
26 Nov
New Migraine Drug Shows Promise
Telcagepant works differently than standard triptans, researchers say
By Robert Preidt
MONDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) — A drug called telcagepant proved safe and effective in treating migraines and caused fewer side effects than the widely-used migraine drug zolmitriptan (Zomig), according to a study conducted by drug maker Merck & Co.
Zolmitriptan and other triptans are effective but [...]
25 Nov
WAITING for the SPECIALIST
Written by: Me
Isn’t waiting for a specialist (doctor) appointment enough to frost your socks sometimes? Both the wait for the family doctor, followed by the specialist referral, and then the anticipated wait for the phone call from the specialist, can be a lengthy drawn out process. Sometimes, an envelope of written instructions arrives in the [...]
8 Nov
Migraines Associated With Lower Risk Of Breast Cancer
ScienceDaily (Nov. 7, 2008) — Women who suffer from migraines may take at least some comfort in a recent, first-of-its-kind study that suggests a history of such headaches is associated with a significantly lower risk of breast cancer. Christopher I. Li, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center report these findings in [...]
1 Aug
Gene May Put Women With Migraine At Increased Risk Of Heart Disease And Stroke
(ScienceDaily) - July 30, 2008 — Women who experience migraine with aura appear to be at an increased risk of heart disease and stroke if they have a certain gene, according to a study published in the July 30, 2008, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
For the study, researchers [...]
7 Jul
MEDICATION IMPROVES ALCOHOLIC’S QUALITY OF LIFE
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – June 20, 2008 – The medication topiramate may not only improve drinking problems in people with alcohol dependence, but boost their quality of life as well, according to a new study.
Topiramate (Topamax) is an anti-seizure drug that has also been shown to reduce drinking in alcoholics — possibly due to [...]
26 May
OVERUSE OF CODEINE, OXYCODONE AND BARBITURATES INCREASES RISK OF CHRONIC MIGRAINE
ScienceDaily – April 27, 2008 - People who overuse barbiturates and opioids, such as codeine, butalbital, and oxycodone, to treat migraine are at an increased risk of developing chronic migraine, according to new research. People with chronic migraine have headaches on 15 or more days a month.
For the study, 24,000 people with headaches in the [...]
23 Nov
Brain Differences Detected in Migraine Sufferers
By Will Dunham
November 19, 2007 – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – People who get migraines
have structural differences in their brains notably in the cortex area that processes pain and other sensory information from the body, scientists said on Monday.
The researchers, whose findings were published in the journal Neurology, said it is unclear whether these brain differences [...]
5 Oct
Early Abuse May Lead to Migraine, Depression
By Joene Hendry
Thursday, September 6, 2007 – NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stressful early life events such as child abuse may make women more susceptible to migraine and depression as adults, survey findings suggest.
“This study confirms adverse experiences, particularly childhood abuse, predispose women to health problems later in life,” said study author Dr. Gretchen [...]
25 Mar
Chronic Medical Disorder Could Spell Severe Bipolar
August 1, 2006, TORONTO, ON ~~ People with bipolar disorder who also have chronic medical disorders are more likely to undergo a more severe course of bipolar, have increased household and work maladjustment, be unemployed and require medical care more frequently, a new study has found.
Researchers with the University of Toronto’s Department of Psychiatry and [...]
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