Migraines are more than just painful. Prof Franz Fazekas (University Hospital Graz, Austria), explained why at the 23rd Meeting of the European Neurological Society (ENS) in Barcelona: "Recent studies indicate that these pain attacks also pose an increased risk of vascular lesions in the brain...
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Colic has historically been described as a gastrointestinal issue, however, a new study suggests that migraines may play a role. The finding was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and revealed that the likelihood was seven times higher that kids with migraines were...
Health studies often range from controversial to uninformative (and are often misinterpreted by the media), but every once in awhile researchers come along with new discoveries that are just kind of interesting to read about. In today's benign-but-cool news: A University of Cincinatti professor...
As a kid, I could always tell when my father was having a migraine. He would get this horribly pained expression on his face, take a couple giant Ibuprofen, start dimming or turning off all the lights in whatever room he sat it and get extremely quiet, putting his fingers up to his forehead just...
I have migraines. They come at least once a month. I do have a prescription that I take when this happens. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Also, I have a bad back. It can go out whenever it likes. I have had it go out just because I was standing, sitting, etc. It just comes and...
Research released today, and scheduled to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, April 21 to April 28, 2012, suggests that mothers with a history of migraines are more likely to have babies who have problems with colic. Colic is when a baby cries...
I'm 19 and have been getting my period since I was 13 and I am not sexually active. Over the last 4 months, I've been getting severe migraines on the days before and during my period. I have never had any PMS symptoms until recently. Now I'm getting the headaches, as well as severe irritability...
Although exercise is often prescribed as a treatment for migraine, there has not previously been sufficient scientific evidence that it really works. However, research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has now shown that exercise is just as good as drugs at...
Is it due to stress? What is causing this? Does she need to use medication or practice relaxation exercises. It happens randomly and out of no where. I'm worried about her. Does she need to see a doctor or counselor for anxiety or stress ?
Minnesota Vikings receiver Percy Harvin, left, gets pushed out of bounds by Chicago Bears safety Danieal Manning, after picking up 35-yards during game action. The Vikings defeated the Bears, 36-10, at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Sunday, November 29, 2009. (Jerry Holt/Minneapolis...
I have migraines at least once a week and have been through countless doctors and neurologists. They have performed every test imaginable and can't find anything wrong. We've been through a long list of preventative medicines that worked for a while but then stopped working.
The only...
My boyfriend got a concussion 21 days ago and he's still getting severe migraines and having massive mood swings. He's in Iraq- it was from an IED. They sent him in for another MRI yesterday and he wont tell me anything about it. Is this normal for a concussion? to still have issues 3 weeks after?
A while ago i was taking the combination pill but the doctors stopped this as i suffered from migraines since then ive found out i need glasses and haven't had a migraine for some time now, im seeing my doctor tomorrow but just wondered if it possible to go back on the combination pill ?
i cant...
i play soccer and whenever i do headers during a game i almost always get a migraine the next day. i know that the higher up i go in soccer the more i will have to do headers so if anyone else knows how to stop that or make the headers not cause this, or just tips on how to make the migraine...