The latest research connects migraines with more of the brain lesions, although their health impact isn’t clear
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Study: Migraines May Raise the Risk of Depression in Women
A new study confirms what researchers have long believed: migraine headaches and depression often appear together.
Serene Branson: It Was Migraine with Aura
Soon after CBS reporter Serene Branson’s on-air verbal meltdown last Sunday, speculation about its cause began flowing. Many experts reviewing the footage said Branson had demonstrated classic symptoms of stroke or some other …
Suffer from Migraines? FDA Says Try Botox Injections
It began as an odd observation among plastic surgery patients, and ended up as an FDA approved drug — on Friday, the agency green-lighted the use of Botox, a popular wrinkle-reducing procedure, to control migraines.
A Severe Migraine Could Give You a New Accent
After Kay Russell had a severe migraine attack in January, friends noticed a difference in her right away. The Gloucestershire native began to speak with what sounded like a French accent instead of her native southwestern …
Uninsured, Medicaid patients receive poor migraine care
The uninsured and those whose primary health insurance is through Medicaid are far more likely to receive poor migraine treatment, compared with people who have private health insurance, according to a study published in the journal Neurology. Analyzing data from two large national surveys of patient visits to hospitals and doctor’s
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Migraine treatment with a magnetic pulse
Administering a small magnetic pulse to the back of the head may be an effective, and drug-free, method for combating migraine pain, according to new research published online this week, and in the April issue of the journal Lancet Neurology. Previous research has suggested that this single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (sTMS)
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Can Surgery Cure Migraines?
A new study claims that surgery — plastic surgery, no less — has the potential to cure migraines. Of 49 patients who underwent the new treatment (similar to a traditional forehead lift), more than half reported their migraines were completely gone — eliminated. In total, 83% said their migraine frequency had declined by at least half.