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Study Of Indoor Air Quality Risks In United Arab Emirates Is Culturally Sensitive
The rapid shift from nomadic life to modern-day culture in the United Arab Emirates has exposed residents to significant indoor air quality risks that can lead to respiratory illness, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...

Technology Eases Migraine Pain In The Deep Brain
Migraine pain sits at the upper end of the typical pain scale - an angry-red section often labeled "severe." At this intensity, pain is debilitating. Yet many sufferers do not get relief from - or cannot tolerate - over-the-counter and commonly prescribed pain medications. Recently, a team of researchers that includes Dr...

Botox Helps Migraines "a Little"
Using botulinum toxin A (Botox) injections for chronic migraine sufferers helps them "a little", and does not appear to be the amazing therapy some people believe or claim it to be, researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee reported in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)...

Chronic Migraine Headache Sufferers Benefit Only Modestly From Botox Injections
A study published in the April 25 issue of JAMA reveals that individuals suffering from chronic migraine headaches and chronic daily headaches may receive a small to modest benefit using botulinum toxin A ("Botox") injections. However, the researchers found botox did not provide greater benefit than placebo for preventing episodic migraine or chronic tension-type headaches. The U.S...

'Brain Freeze' Headaches May Be Caused By Changes In Brain's Blood Flow
'Brain freeze' is a nearly universal experience - almost everyone has felt the near-instantaneous headache brought on by a bite of ice cream or slurp of ice-cold soda on the upper palate. However, scientists are still at a loss to explain this phenomenon...

Migraines - Many Treatments Work, But Few Use Them
Although several preventive migraine treatments are very effective for many patients, few sufferers use them, according to new American Academy of Neurology guidelines. The guidelines have been published in the journal Neurology and will be presented tomorrow at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual meeting in New Orleans. Author Stephen D...

Why Do We Get Brain Freeze? Scientists Explain
Harvard Medical School scientists who say they have a better idea of what causes brain freeze, believe that their study could eventually pave the way to more effective treatments for various types of headaches, such as migraine-related ones, or pain caused by brain injuries...

Study Finds Medicare And Medicaid CT Scan Measure Unreliable
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have published findings that question the reliability of a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) quality measure...

Migraine Increases Risk Of Depression In Women
Research released today and scheduled to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, April 21 to April 28, shows that women who have a tendency for migraines or have had them in the past, have a greater risk for developing depression. The study gathered data on more than 36,000 women, who were all classified as not having depression...

Our Moods Affected By Even Mild Dehydration
Most people only think about drinking water when they are thirsty; but by then it may already be too late. Even mild dehydration can alter a person's mood, energy level, and ability to think clearly, according to two studies recently conducted at the University of Connecticut's Human Performance Laboratory...

Link Between Infants' Colic And Mothers' Migraines
A study of mothers and their young babies by neurologists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has shown that mothers who suffer migraine headaches are more than twice as likely to have babies with colic than mothers without a history of migraines...

Migraine Self-Management Improved And Migraine-Related Psychological Distress Reduced By painACTION.com
painACTION.com* is a free, non-promotional online program designed to support self-management and improve overall function in people with chronic pain. This study tested painACTION.com's ability to increase the use of self-management skills in people with chronic migraine headaches. A total of 185 participants completed the study. Participants exposed to painACTION...

New Clinical Trial Guidelines For Migraine
Experts from the International Headache Society (IHS) have developed new recommendations for conduct of acute and preventive migraine clinical trials. The third edition of Migraine Clinical Trials Guidelines is now available in the IHS journal Cephalalgia, which is published by SAGE...

The Effects On The Brain Of Magic Mushrooms
Brain scans of people under the influence of the psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, have given scientists the most detailed picture to date of how psychedelic drugs work...

Migraine - The Enigma Of Trial Results
In order to find out the effect of acupuncture compared with sham acupuncture in treating migraines, a team of investigators carried out a randomized controlled human trial. 480 individuals at 9 hospitals in China who experienced migraines for over one year, with two or three migraines in the 3 months prior to the investigation, were enrolled to participate in the study...