Monday, April 23, 2012

Migraine

  • The newest guidelines for preventing migraines focus on prescription drugs, and tout the efficacy of several non-prescription and herbal options in fighting the debilitating headaches.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • From prescription pills to poisonous plants, plenty of treatments can help prevent migraines, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology.
  • (ABC News)
  • Many migraine sufferers could have fewer, less severe headaches if they took preventive medicines, but few eligible patients do, say doctors releasing updated treatment guidelines Monday.
  • (USA Today)
  • While most of us love ice cream, we certainly dont love the jarring headache -- the brain freeze -- that happens to some people after eating a bit of it.
  • (ABC News)
  • This was a small study conducted at two United States centers with 31 children, 6- to 17-years-old. The study was to investigate the tolerability of a single dose of Maxalt orally disintegrating tablets.
  • (HealthCentral.com)
  • Washington, DC (by Kim Painter/Special for USA Today) -- Many migraine sufferers could have fewer, less severe headaches if they took preventive medicines, but few eligible patients do, say doctors releasing updated treatment guidelines Monday.
  • (WLTX.com)
  • Approximately 10% of the population suffers from migraines, according to Cathy Glaser, president of the Migraine Research Foundation, which was not associated with the study.
  • (CNN)
  • (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has asked drugmaker MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc. to address issues tied to chemistry, manufacturing and controls before it can decide whether to approve its potential migraine treatment Levadex.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • Using the previously established findings that migraine-sufferers have the double whammy of more frequent brain freeze, the researchers decided to try to learn about the trickier-to-study former by observing the latter.
  • (Newser)
  • Centre Wallace left the field with a migraine during Fridays RaboDirect Pro12 defeat to Leinster, while former South Africa back-rower Wannenburg sustained a groin problem.
  • (Mixed injury news for Ulster - Yahoo! Eurosport)

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