Word: conditioners
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
For doctors, most headache patients are a pain because there are dozens of possible causes. With migraine patients, the problem is quite different; while sufferers can pinpoint certain triggers (food, sleep patterns, stress, alcohol), no one's really sure what exactly causes the condition in the first place. The headaches...
In the last two weeks, three new studies about the links between migraines and other diseases give good examples of what we've learned so far about the condition and about where researchers might find more clues. The three studies - tying migraines to stroke, depression, and even suicide - may not...
The most surprising result is that of 1,400 people who took cognitive tests over several years, those who suffered from migraine with aura (that sensory distortion that sometimes precedes a migraine headache) had less memory loss as they aged than people without migraines did. True, the migraine sufferers generally...
In the third study, researchers at Duke University took data on nearly 17 million pregnant women, and found that those with migraine were about 19 times more likely to have had a stroke by the time they were discharged than those without. Stroke wasn't the only vascular condition in...
As helpful as beta-blockers, antidepressants and even anti-epilepsy drugs may be in preventing some migraines, they don't cure the condition. Eventually scientists hope to discover therapies that address the brain's overly sensitive circuits more directly. For what it's worth, getting older seems to soften the...