Migraine with aura, cholesterol increase risk of stroke in women
...o related measures of blood lipids. Migraine The migraine results also indicated that there was no increased risk of stroke associated with overall migraine and migraines without aura or non-migraine headache, according to lead study author Tobias Kurth, MD...Topiramate reduces frequency of migraines
...sed to treat epilepsy, is effective for preventing migraine headaches, according to an article in the April is...migraines per month to 3.3. In the placebo group, migraine frequency decreased from 5.6 per month to 4.6 per month. The researchers also found that improvemen...Off-label use of migraine drug gives children relief, study says
...ions fail to help children who suffer from chronic migraine headaches, those children may find relief with a d...ls that contribute to they symptoms that accompany migraine attacks. About 30 percent of the patients coming to Pakalnis' office seek help for migraines. She an...Anti-epilepsy drug, topiramate, effective at preventing migraine headaches
Among patients with migraine headache, the antiepileptic drug topiramate appears effective in preventing migraine attacks and for reducing the use of rescue medication for headaches, according to a study in the Feb...Tip sheet for the February 24, 2004 Neurology
...an C. Hall, PhD, studied data for more than 63,000 migraine patients, including 13,664 who were prescribed a triptan for treatment. They found that triptan treatment prescribed in routine clinical practice did not increase the risk of stroke, cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction or death. Patie...Some people with migraines have an increased risk for brain lesions
...tion and white matter lesions (WMLs) is present in migraine patients. Infarction involves tissue which has die...ot known whether WMLs are prevalent in the general migraine population. Mark C. Kruit, M.D., of Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, and c...The evolving management of migraine
... effective than attempting to treat pain after the migraine process has begun, according to Stephen D. Silbers...logy . About 25 to 30 million Americans experience migraine headaches and many more are undiagnosed. Migraine is more prevalent in women: 18 percent of women a...Astrazeneca receives European approval for Seroquel; in bipolar mania
...ourable side effect profile; and ZOMIG, a reliable migraine therapy and a leader within the triptan market. The Neuroscience pipeline includes leading approaches for the treatment of depression and anxiety, overactive bladder, dementia and stroke, pain control and anaesthesia. For more information, please vis...Adolescents to benefit from launch of new migraine treatment
... (12-17 years of age) suffering with the misery of migraine headaches are set to benefit from the launch today of a new migraine treatment, Imigran TM (sumatriptan) 10mg Nasal Spray. Imigran 10mg Nasal Spray will be the first a...ID Migraine screener found to be highly reliable in detecting migraine in undiagnosed patients
...st, called ID Migraine, can identify patients with migraine with about the same accuracy as widely used screen...for other illnesses. It was developed by a team of migraine researchers and validated in a national study. The results appear in the current issue of Neurology...Nation's two largest medical specialty groups issue migraine treatment guidelines
...rtant that physicians know the evidence supporting migraine headache treatments that are currently available a...d discuss treatment options with patients who have migraine headaches." The guidelines point out that the most successful treatment results from the patient's a...Study results offer new hope for people with manic depression
...ourable side effect profile; and Zomig, a reliable migraine therapy and a leader in the triptan market. AstraZeneca's R&D pipeline also includes leading approaches for the treatment of depression and anxiety, overactive bladder, dementia and stroke....The Lancet neurology press release
...rn populations. However, the mechanisms that cause migraine are poorly understood. Studies of families with migraine have identified a number of genetic loci that may have some role in the development of migraine. Ann...Migraines cost employers millions in productivity, but interventions can help
...chronic disease including heart disease, diabetes, migraine headache, back pain and cancer, said Bank One Medi...,000 respondents, 20 percent reported a history of migraine headaches," Schultz said. "Only back pain (34 percent) and seasonal allergies (44 percent) were mor...Study finds a mouse model for episodic neurological disorders
...attacks in such episodic neurological disorders as migraine and dyskinesia. Common triggers include psycholog...ndy Fureman, Ph.D., of the NINDS. The term common migraine refers to migraines that are not preceded by other neurological symptoms (auras). These headaches a...Botox proving successful at preventing headaches
... For the study, Troost evaluated 134 patients with migraine headaches, tension headaches or chronic daily headaches (having a headache more than 15 days a month). A majority of the patients had already been treated with at least three headache medications without success. Patients had from one to four Botox t...Drugs may not be best weapon against teen migraines, study finds
SEATTLE -- A new study of migraine headaches suggests behavioral therapy "not medication -- may be the most effective weapon against migraine pain for teen-agers. Researchers with the Ohio University Headache Treatment & Research Project enr...Hebrew University student developing drug to treat epilepsy, migraines, chronic pain
...for developing a new medication to treat epilepsy, migraine headaches, and chronic pain that does not cause bi...to treat epilepsy and is also popular for treating migraine headaches, chronic pain, and manic depression. However, if a woman takes valproic acid while she is ...Causes of menstrual migraine explored
...NVER, CO A new study into the causes of menstrual migraine may bring researchers one step closer to understan...cal event that occurs in the brain and activates a migraine headache. The event, called cortical spreading depression, is associated with the aura, or warning, ...... Medical School in Boston. It may be a seizure, a migraine headache, or a drastic drop in blood sugar mimicking a stroke. About 600,000 Americans suffer a first or recurrent stroke each year and about 167,000 of them die. The two major types of stroke are ischemic, caused by a blood clot that blocks a ves...