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Migraine News

News on Migraine continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

20 hrs ago | Mind Hacks

Head in a vice

Scientific American has an article on migraines that takes a comprehensive look at the science of this painful and hallucinatory disorder.

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Tue Jul 22, 2008

KIMT

Alzheimer's Drug for Migraine Pain

Migraine patients often try an assortment of medications to control their headaches, but a drug already approved for memory problems may also take care of migraines.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Daily Mail

How a woman can tell when she's going to get a migraine

For nearly 40 years, Maggie Stephenson lived with crippling, and apparently untreatable, migraine.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Scientific American

Why Migraines Strike

Migraine is more than a headache: it is intensely painful and has distinct phases.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Mon Jul 21, 2008

HON

Epilepsy Drug May Boost Birth Defect Risk

Pregnant women who use the epilepsy drug topiramate alone or in combination with other epilepsy drugs may be increasing their risk of birth defects, British researchers report.

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Related Topix: Medicine, World News, United Kingdom, Epilepsy, Topamax, Topiramate (generic), Alcoholism, Medication

News-Medical.Net

Taking the epilepsy drug topiramate may increase risk of birth defects

Taking the epilepsy drug topiramate alone or along with other epilepsy drugs during pregnancy may increase the risk of birth defects, according to a study published in the July 22, 2008, issue of Neurology , ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Seizures, Health, Epilepsy, Topamax, Topiramate (generic)

TheCelebrityCafe

Dealing with Migraines

Home : Features : Columnists : Lifes Experiences : Dealing with Migraines Dealing with Migraines 21-Jul-2008 Written by: Jane Squires I've dealt with migraines since I was young.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

The San Francisco Business Times

Map Pharmaceuticals starts migraine drug test

Map Pharmaceuticals Inc. started Phase III testing of a treatment for migraine. The Mountain View company is testing MAP0004, an inhaled drug that relieved patients' pain in as fast as 10 minutes during earlier ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, MAP Pharmaceuticals, Startups

Sun Jul 20, 2008

Daily Mail

How to take the pain out of dealing with your headaches

About 90 per cent of adults suffer from 'headaches'. They can be just an unpleasant random annoyance, yet about half of sufferers say the symptoms affect their quality of life.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Headache

Sat Jul 19, 2008

EMaxHealth

Oxygen Therapy Might Ease Migraine Pain

Two types of oxygen therapy could offer some relief to adults who suffer from disabling migraine and cluster headaches, according to a new research review from Australia.

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Related Topix: Migraine Headache, Health

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Mid-Day Mumbai

Have a migraine? Visit your dentist

If you've given up hope of getting rid of that migraine with your physician's medicines, try a visit to your dentist.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Dentistry

South Bend Tribune

Kid Chronicles: The Jelly Belly cure

Last Tuesday I had an awful migraine. I've been getting them since I was about 14.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Complexity digest 2005.35

Why Migraines Strike

Excerpts: Biologists finally are unraveling the medical mysteries of migraine, from aura to pain.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

MediLexicon

FDA Panel Rejects Black Box Warning On Epilepsy Drugs

Main Category: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Also Included In: Headache / Migraine Epilepsy A panel of experts that advises the US Food and Drug Administration voted last week to reject the Agency's ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Food and Drug Administration

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Huliq.com

Oxygen therapy might ease pain of migraine, cluster headaches

Two types of oxygen therapy could offer some relief to adults who suffer from disabling migraine and cluster headaches, according to a new research review from Australia.

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Related Topix: Migraine Headache, Health

Tue Jul 15, 2008

WIS-TV Columbia

Health Alert: Migraine insurance

Doctors counsel migraine patients to take medication at the onset of a headache, as a way to head off the attack.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Saint Louis University, University College (University of Maryland System), University of Maryland System

WABC

this Morning: Migraine treatment

About 28 million people get migraine headaches, and medications don't always help.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Healthcare Law, Law

Mon Jul 14, 2008

KXII-TV Sherman

Shots fired in Ada overnight

Nicole, Jimmy, and Shawnda are back this week with some tips on how to stay fit, healthy, and happy this summer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

ABS-CBN News

Botox shots may help ward off migraines

Injections of botulinum toxin -- better known as Botox -- may help prevent migraines in people who suffer frequent migraine attacks that are poorly controlled with oral prevention therapies, research hints.

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Related Topix: Curtis Institute of Music, Missouri State University, University of Missouri System, Missouri University of Science & Technology (University of Missouri System), Springfield Metro, Springfield, MO, Medicine, Health

Sun Jul 13, 2008

Baby Center

Moms' Physical Health

Cancers Recent discussion: Oh Ashley- so sorry your mom has to go through that again!? How's she doing now? OP- how are things going w/ your mom as well? ... Join the discussion Moms with migraines Recent ...

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