Today’s BMJ reports that women with migraine with aura are at an increased risk of stroke or heart attacks (”major cardiovascular events”). The risk is as high as 2.7 times that of women without a history of migraine.
If you have migraine with aura, and are female should you be worried?
I think the answer to that […]
A checklist for migraine in pregnancy….
Which drug does a neurologist use for treating his own migraine….?
The final list of migraine treatments announced at this week’s 50th anniversary meeting of the American Headache Society in Boston….
ANother interesting study from this years 50th American Headache Society Meeting.
Dr Richard Lipton presented data on the use of a magnetic stimulator to try and abort a migraine attack. The patients studied all had migraine with aura. About 100 were to try active stimulation. The other 100 used the device, but unknown to […]
Neurostimulators are proposed as a new treatment for severe migraines, but do they work. Dr Forbes reviews the latest from the American Headache Society Meeting….
Telcagepant is a new treatment for migraine, previously called MK0974. The latest data presented from the American headche Society Meeting in Boston June 27th 2008 suggest a role in treating acute migraine episodes……
TorreyPines Therapeutics is about to announce results of its phase IIb trial on tezampanel for acute, migraine pain-relief. More details to follow from Boston June 26th-29th 2008….
Can something as simple as drinking a cup of water every 1-2 hours actually prevent migraine headaches….
Do children with migraine suffer socially because of migraine? Read the latest research report here….