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Although Meclizine has been used as an over-the-counter treatment for nausea and vertigo since the 1950s, doctors had never before recognized its additional therapeutic potential...

Author: By Katherine M. Savarese, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Common Drug May Revolutionize Treatment of Strokes and Heart Attacks | 2/19/2010 | See Source »

Studies have found medical cannabis to be effective in mitigating nausea, stimulating needed appetite in AIDS and cancer patients and acting as a general pain reliever, among other effects. The American Medical Association "calls for further adequate and well-controlled studies of marijuana and related cannabinoids in patients" in a policy statement that takes a cautious position on the issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medical Marijuana Finally Heads for D.C. | 1/27/2010 | See Source »

...every bad headache qualifies as a migraine. Instead, notes UCSF headache specialist Ahn, migraine headaches must be accompanied by at least one other symptom. "Migraine is not defined by severity but by neurological symptoms like nausea and vomiting. The presence of other neurological symptoms is the hallmark of migraine," says Ahn. The Dutch study used a battery of standardized questions plus a phone interview to minimize the chance of misdiagnosis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Genetic Link Between Migraines and Depression? | 1/20/2010 | See Source »

There were a few moments when I was certain that I was going to die, like absolutely certain—too weak and feeble even to call home and tell my parents I was sorry for all the awful things I’d done to my sister. With nausea so vicious I stopped moving oxygen into my body, literally blacking-out every few minutes on account of all the coughing, I was sure going any longer without medicine would kill me. Luckily my meal arrived, containing with it two aspirins. They didn’t alleviate much...

Author: By Zachariah P. Hughes | Title: A Quarantine Story | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...roots for the treatment of inflamed skin, incontinence and venereal disease. Irish doctor William O'Shaughnessy first popularized marijuana's medical use in England and America. As a physician with the British East India Company, he found marijuana eased the pain of rheumatism and was helpful against discomfort and nausea in cases of rabies, cholera and tetanus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medical Marijuana | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

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