Nancy Baum Lipsitz remembers the night the pain began. She’d had a glass of white wine with a friend and went to bed with a terrible headache. The next day, she still felt horrible, the beginning of what she called a “rolling tide” of near constant ...
Ajovy is first anti-CGRP treatment available at monthly and quarterly doses The third new generation of CGRP antibody has been approved. It’s called Emgality (galcanezumab) which was just approved by the FDA on September 27th. · Watch this interview preview with Professor Lars Edvinsson, the ...
Eli Lilly announces that the European Commission (EC) has approved the commercialization of galcanezumab (Emgality) as a prophylactic treatment of migraine in adults suffering from at least four days of migraine per month. Galcanezumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody that binds to the peptide related to the calcite ...
A new approach to preventing migraines can cut the number and severity of attacks, two clinical trials show. About 50% of people on one study halved the number of migraines they had each month, which researchers at King’s College Hospital called a ”huge deal”. The treatment ...
Danielle Byron Henry Migraine Foundation works to give access to treatment and support for those living with migraine disease, especially young adults and children. This year, the Foundation has funded ”Headache School,” in conjunction with the University of Utah, offering free bi-weekly educational and therapeutic sessions with experts. The ...
Migraine is an extraordinarily prevalent neurological disease, affecting 38 million men, women and children in the U.S. and 1 billion worldwide. • Migraine is the 3rd most prevalent illness in the world. • Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. households includes someone with migraine. • Amazingly, 12% ...
36 migraine experts, including world-renowned doctors, researchers, and patient advocates, will be sharing their wisdom at the Migraine World Summit, a free online event that’s happening this week. (Edit 23 april-2017.) Read the article in Migraine.com >>>
In Europe, the one-year prevalence of migraine is 14.9% and migraine is on the top-ten list of leading causes of years lost to disability. Sleep disturbances and irregular daily routines are considered triggers of migraine and these factors are well-known consequences of shift work. Read the ...
Migraine attacks are so complex that researchers are still figuring out exactly what happens in your brain and nervous system. This new research out of the University of Michigan measures dopamine levels and shows that they fall during an attack. This drop in dopamine can help ...
BrainCool AB har tecknat avtal (Clinical Trial Agreement – CTA) med National Health Service (NHS) i norra England för en klinisk multicenterstudie för att behandla migränpatienter med medicinsk kylning i hemmiljö. Studien kommer att ledas av Dr Jitka Vanderpol, neurolog vid Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ...
A new, wireless arm patch may be the secret to helping patients with migraine without a prescription for potentially addictive drugs. The device, Avital, uses transcutaneous electrical stimulation to ease migraine pain and can be controlled on a smartphone app. Read the article in MDmag.com >>>
The Italian Project on Stroke in Young Adults. In this cohort study of 2 485 patients aged 18 to 45 years with first-ever acute ischemic stroke, a history of migraine, especially the subtype without aura, was independently associated with cervical artery dissection. The strength of this ...
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an effective nonpharmacologic treatment that should be considered as a first-line therapy for pediatric migraine, according to a large systematic review and meta-analysis reported in Headache.1 Read the article in NeurologyAdvisor.com >>>
Paris (AFP) – People who suffer migraines are at a higher risk of stroke after surgery, researchers said on Wednesday. This means that a history of migraines, which affect about one in five people, should be taken into account when weighing the pros and cons of ...
It’s not just a headache. This sentence has been a rallying cry for the last several years in the migraine community, fighting against the idea that migraines are simply bad headaches that we are somehow too weak to tolerate. The stigma surrounding migraine disease is pervasive. Words ...
A new study confirms which foods trigger migraines and offers insight into the best headache diet Läs artikel på Migraineagain.com >>>
– and how they can be triggered by anything from exercise to sex British women are twice as likely to suffer from headaches as men More than half of migraine sufferers had less pain after having sex High oestrogen and lack of sleep can mean more headaches after ...
Research shows sufferers have higher levels of bacteria involved in processing nitrates, and could explain why some foods appear to act as migraine triggers Read the article in The Guardian >>>
The Journal of Headache and Pain is a peer-reviewed open access journal published under the brand SpringerOpen. It is specifically dedicated to researchers involved in all aspects of headache and related pain, including theory, methodology, clinical practice and care. The journal’s scope is broad, reflecting the wide ...
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