by Claire Kowalick, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Credit: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Migraines are more than just bad headaches; they stem from a genetic neurological disease that causes suffering for one in seven people. Those who experience migraines can have a myriad of debilitating symptoms, including...
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Menopause and migraines: New findings point to power of prevention
by University of Michigan Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainFor middle-aged women plagued by migraines, or hot flashes and night sweats, another worry may linger in the backs of their minds: whether these experiences have set them up for a heart attack, a stroke or another cardiovascular crisis. After all, past research suggesting such a link during and...
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Women Are Far More Likely to Get Migraines Than Men. A Neurologist Explains Why
HEALTH 10 August 2023 By DANIELLE WILHOUR, THE CONVERSATION (Maria Korneeva/Getty Images) A migraine is far more than just a headache – it’s a debilitating disorder of the nervous system. People who have migraines experience severe throbbing or pulsating pain, typically on one side of the head. The pain is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting and extreme sensitivity...
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Managing migraines in the summer
by Sonya Goins, Mayo Clinic News Network Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Severe weather conditions are enough to give anyone a headache, but temperature fluctuations are even more problematic for migraine sufferers. Dr. Rashmi B. Halker Singh, a Mayo Clinic neurologist, says the weather can trigger some migraine patients. For some people, migraines are debilitating. The intense,...
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Q&A: Why do women suffer migraines more frequently and severely than men?
by Laura Kelley, CU Anschutz Medical Campus Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Ten percent of the world’s population suffers from migraines, with women suffering from the painful headaches at significantly higher rates than men, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association. For National Migraine Awareness Month, Laura Kelley, media relations professional in the University of Colorado...
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Both men and women who experience migraines carry an increased risk of ischemic stroke
by Public Library of Science Migraine. Credit: Colourbox.dk/Andrea De Martin (CC-BY 4.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Women and men who experience migraine headaches also carry an elevated risk of having an ischemic stroke, but women alone may carry an additional risk of heart attack and hemorrhagic stroke, according to a new study led by Cecilia Hvitfeldt Fuglsang of Aarhus University,...
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Largest genetic study of migraines to date reveals new genetic risk factors
by University of Helsinki Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An international consortium of leading migraine scientists identified more than 120 regions of the genome that are connected to risk of migraine. The groundbreaking study helps researchers better understand the biological basis of migraine and its subtypes and could speed up the search for new treatment of...
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Migraines caused by alterations in metabolite levels
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IMAGE: QUT RESEARCHERS PROFESSOR DALE NYHOLT (RIGHT), HAMZEH TANHA (CENTRE), AND ANITA SATHYANARAYANAN (LEFT) FROM THE QUT CENTRE FOR GENOMICS AND PERSONALISED HEALTH HAVE IDENTIFIED GENETIC LINKS BETWEEN BLOOD METABOLITE LEVELS AND MIGRAINE. CREDIT: QUT Migraines are a pain in the head and in the hip pocket, but newly discovered genetic...
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How migraines protect against diabetes
by American Chemical Society Credit: Sasha Wolff/Wikipedia People who get migraines are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, while some people who develop diabetes become less prone to migraines. Today, scientists studying the link between these conditions report how the peptides that cause migraine pain can influence production of insulin in mice, possibly by regulating...
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Vagus Nerve Stimulator Gets FDA Emergency OK for Asthmatics with COVID
MEDGADGET EDITORS People stricken with COVID-19 exhibit a wide range of symptoms. Some are barely affected while others suffer dire consequences. People with asthma are in particular danger, as SARS-CoV-2 is a respiratory virus that can make breathing even more difficult. Now, the FDA has issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the gammaCore Sapphire CV...