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NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New research suggests women who have migraine or have had them in the past are at an increased risk for developing depression compared to women who have never had migraine. The study was released today and will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual Meeting in New Orleans April 21 to April 28, 2012. For the study, researchers classified 36,154 women without depression who were enrolled in the Women's...

CHICAGO, Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sean "Diddy" Combs was rushed to the emergency room for a migraine attack immediately following post-Grammy festivities. According to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), more than 3 million Americans have sought relief from headaches in an emergency room. People who suffer from migraine are four times more likely to visit the emergency room for their condition than those who do not...

WASHINGTON, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A new analysis of the National Headache Foundation's landmark American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention (AMPP) Study, the largest study of migraine and headache sufferers ever conducted, indicates that those with frequent migraine-related nausea experienced more severe pain and worse outcomes than those with rare or no presence of nausea. Frequent nausea may also be a predictor of patients' satisfaction with their treatments and ability to perform...

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that about half of all adults around the world suffer from headache disorders like migraines and tension headaches, and the problem has huge economic and societal costs. The WHO said headaches are widely under-recognized, under-diagnosed and under-treated, and the knowledge about them and the burdens they impose must be improved. According to WHO, 47 percent of all adults have a headache disorder and "the financial costs to society...

CHICAGO and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., April 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Could migraine patients be doing more to get the most out of their medical visits? According to a new national survey released by the National Headache Foundation (NHF) and GlaxoSmithKline, the answer is yes. For the nearly 30 million migraine sufferers in the U.S., including six million treating with prescription medication, these survey results may have important implications. To view the multimedia assets...

A new study, published in the journal Headache, has found that girls who get migraines appear more likely than their peers to gain extra weight during adulthood. Reuters reports that scientists found that four in ten women with childhood migraines had added at least 22 pounds since age 18, compared to three in ten women who never had the excruciating headaches. Other studies have linked migraines to obesity, but the new results held up even after taking into consideration that children...

Recent work, in particular the CAMERA study, has used MRI to study the brains of migraine sufferers and has shown that a higher proportion of these patients exhibit lesions of the brain microvessels than the rest of the population.Lesions of the brain microvesselsLesions of the brain microvessels, visible on cerebral MRI images, can be of various kinds: white-matter hyperintensities and, more rarely, silent infarcts leading to loss of white-matter tissue.They result from a deterioration of...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- In a world where millions suffer daily from the debilitating pain of migraine headaches, one name stands out as the definitive leader in natural, safe and effective treatment. MigreLief by Akeso Health Sciences. Now, patients are raving about the amazing results of the new breakthrough product from Akeso. MigreLief+M (Menstrual) is the first of its kind supplement aimed at preventing migraines and other symptoms associated with a woman's...

American Heart Association rapid access journal reportWomen with a history of migraine headache with aura (transient neurological symptoms, mostly visual impairments) are at increased risk of stroke. However, according to new research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association stroke events in women with migraine with aura are more likely to have mild or no disability compared to those without migraine.In a new analysis of the Women's Health Study involving 27,852...

Ohio University-led study suggests new option for headache pain managementThe combination of preventive medication and behavioral changes offered significant relief for 77 percent of the individuals enrolled in a study aimed at combating frequent, disabling migraine headaches, according to new Ohio University research published this week in the British Medical Journal.Though daily preventive medication and behavioral techniques individually have been shown to improve headache pain, the new...