Women with migraines and visual symptoms may have higher stroke risk
Women who have migraine headaches with visual symptoms (or aura) may be at...raceptive use. Women with recent onset of probable migraine with visual symptoms (within the prior year) were almost seven times more likely to have a stroke co...Why women get more migraines than men
... this triggering mechanism may be a new target for migraine treatment. Reporting in the Annals of Neurology,...rain. CSD may in turn trigger not only the pain of migraine but the visual symptoms, nausea, dizziness and difficulty concentrating so common in migraine patien...Ulcerative colitis sufferers find UC quite disruptive to many aspects of daily life
...tion made life more stressful versus 75 percent of migraine patients, 69 percent of RA patients and 46 percent...about having their condition, versus 49 percent of migraine patients, 52 percent of RA patients and 25 percent of asthma patients. More than four out of fiv...Mid-life headaches may increase risk of vision problems
... Minn Middle-aged men and women with a history of migraine and other headaches are more likely to have retino...y-two percent of the participants had a history of migraine or other headaches. Those with a history of headaches were slightly younger, more likely to be fema...History of migraines associated with increased risk of retinopathy
...ILL -- Middle-aged men and women with a history of migraine and other headaches are more likely to have retino...y-two percent of the participants had a history of migraine or other headaches. Those with a history of headaches were slightly younger, more likely to be femal...SCAI's 'Therapies in Evolution' showcases exciting future of interventional cardiology
...osure of a hole in the heart may bring relief from migraine headaches for some patients, and a look back over 30 years of evolution in interventional cardiology. ...Employers who recognize the impact of migraine may help to improve workplace productivity
... employers to acknowledge and assess the impact of migraine to potentially improve workplace productivity. The...t may help them prevent or reduce the frequency of migraine attacks. The first of three analyses sponsored by Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, Inc. found that employ...For Iraq veterans, migraines may be sign of other problems
...N Soldiers returning from combat in Iraq who have migraine headaches are more than twice as likely to also ha...nnaire. Of those, 19 percent screened positive for migraine headaches, 32 percent screened positive for depression, 22 percent screened positive for post-trauma...Interventional cardiologists assemble in Orlando, Fla., for SCAI Annual Scientific Sessions
... valve repair, stem cell therapy, and treatment of migraine headache; New analyses on the causes of blood clots (thrombosis) in patients with drug-eluting stents, and how experts think this rare but dangerous side effect can be prevented; A critical look at some of the most hotly debated questions in card...Mice with a migraine show signs of brain damage
... The scientists say the work makes it crucial for migraine sufferers to do everything they can to prevent the... doctors to prevent them. Normally, the focus of migraine treatment is to reduce the pain. Were saying that migraines may be causing brain damage, and that th...Teens with migraine at greater risk of suicide
...have chronic daily headache, especially those with migraine headaches, are at greater risk for suicide than te...l of the American Academy of Neurology. Teens with migraine are also more likely to have other psychiatric disorders such as depression and panic disorder. "T...Fear of migraine destroys quality of life for men
...ptoms and apprehension associated with living with migraine is limiting mens lives, according to research from... Universitys Genomics Research Centre. Although migraine is more common in women than men, about 6% of Australian men live with the debilitating neurological...Drug prescribed for migraines and seizures increases risk of kidney stones
..., a drug commonly prescribed to treat seizures and migraine headaches, can increase the propensity of calcium phosphate kidney stones, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. A study the largest cross-sectional examination of how the long-term use of topiramate affects kidney-stone formati...Brain changes in patients with migraine
...ss of two areas of the brain cortex in people with migraine when compared to healthy controls. Both areas of t...e imaging the researchers studied 24 patients with migraine (12 who had migraine with aura and 12 without aura) and 15 age-matched healthy controls. There wer...High risk of migraine, depression and chronic pain for IBS sufferers, large study shows
... are more likely to suffer from conditions such as migraine or depression than other individuals. A study publ...BS) are 60% more likely to suffer from depression, migraine or chronic pain than individuals who do not suffer from IBS. A link between IBS and depression, migr...Spinal cord stimulators tested as treatment for patients with migraine headaches
...ity Medical Center are testing a new treatment for migraine headaches: occipital nerve stimulation, a surgical...d at the back of the neck. This therapy may help migraine sufferers who do not respond to other available therapies, or who cannot tolerate the side effects o...Migraine treatment also appears effective for cluster headaches
Zolmitriptan nasal spray, used to treat migraine headaches, also may be safe and effective in treating painful cluster headaches, according to an article posted online today that will appear in the November 2006 print issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Cluster heada...Gamma Knife offers non-invasive treatment for vascular disorders, tumors in the brain
...out one-inch long remained. It caused her constant migraine headaches, but was located so deep in her brain th...re of it, and I will no longer have these terrible migraine headaches," she said. Dr. Robert Timmerman, vice chairman of radiation oncology, supervises most ...Migraine treatment and prevention in women
...nd provide guidance for physicians treating female migraine patients, Mayo Clinic in Arizona Women's Health In...ong evidence suggests that hormonal changes effect migraine development, with migraines being most prevalent during the reproductive years. "Almost one-fourt...Speedsters' traffic fines fund new research on spinal cord injury
...jury as well as epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, and migraine headaches. With a previous $1.25 million grant through the same program, she has found that soon after a spinal cord injury, astrocytes release high levels of a substance known as ATP that continues to kill neurons for hours after the injury. The new...