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The relationship between migraine headaches in women and a significant reduction in breast cancer risk has been confirmed in a follow-on study to landmark research published last year and conducted by scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The new study found a 26 percent reduced risk of breast cancer among both premenopausal and postmenopausal women with a clinical diagnosis of migraines.The study appears in the July 2009 issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and...

Tobacco acts as a precipitating factor for headaches, specifically migraines. This is indicated in a study which shows that smokers have more migraine attacks and that smoking more than five cigarettes a day triggers this headache. The work has appeared in the Journal of Headache and Pain.The influence of tobacco as a precipitating, non-causal factor of migraine attacks has produced contradictory data in scientific literature. The limited research prior to the work published in The Journal...

A pain condition common in people with migraines also has a high prevalence in patients with cluster headache, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Jefferson Headache Center at Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience.Approximately half of a group of patients with cluster headaches experienced cutaneous allodynia, a condition that causes patients to have pain as a response to normally inconspicuous sensations, according to Michael Marmura, M.D., assistant professor of Neurology at...

A U.S. study proposes that migraines can increase the risk of a stroke during pregnancy, BBC news reports.  Yet, a study conducted by the British Medical Journal emphasizes the overall danger is low.  The study also linked raised risk of heart disease, blood clots and high blood pressure to the headaches.  The migraine puts added tension on the body when it is already fighting with higher blood volume and increased heart rate, researchers infer.  It may be likely, researchers...

A simple procedure may be the key to relief for some who suffer from frequent and severe migraine headaches.In a new study, researchers found significant improvement of migraines following catheter-based closure of the patent foramen ovale (PFO) -- a slight opening in the wall between the heart's right and left atria. Each of us has a PFO in the womb to divert blood away from the lungs, but it closes for three out of four people after birth, researchers said.Previous studies have already...

New Discovery Provides Migraine Relief in Minutes Without Side Effects or Pills PHOENIX and SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Board-certified neurologist and migraine specialist Morton I. Hyson, M.D., will announce a revolutionary new treatment for migraines and chronic headaches, according to Clinical Topicals PHP. The treatment works in minutes, not hours, without side effects, pills or contraindications (www.HysonHeadache.com). After a decade of research, Dr. Hyson will make...

Careful migraine sufferers: overusing painkillers can hurt migraine patients, causing worse headaches that can require further medication. Taking care of migraines is important. However, it is more important to use migraine-preventing medicines to avoid the painkiller rut Rena Cerbone fell into."It was a double-edged sword," Cerbone, 41, of Montclair, N.J., says. "I was taking Fiorinal on a daily basis just to function."Luckily for the majority of patients, migraines are not...

U.S. researchers said on Thursday that women who have a history of migraine headaches are far less likely to develop breast cancer than other women.This is the first study to examine the relationship between breast cancer and migraines and its findings may point to new ways of reducing a woman's breast cancer risk.Dr. Christopher Li of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle said women who had a history of migraines had a 30 percent lower risk of breast cancer compared to women...

By Anne Godlasky Headaches distract. Migraines can debilitate. Nearly 30million Americans suffer from the throbbing pain, costing employers about $13 billion a year from missed workdays and impaired work function, according to research reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine. "You can be out for three days -- lie there and not move, feel nauseous but not throw up -- it's incapacitating," says Jeanne Safer, 61, of New York, a psychotherapist who has had regular migraines for about a...

By Barnard, Neal Can cleaning up your diet help clear your head? Q I get a lot of headaches. Could they be caused by something I'm eating? A Yes, they certainly could be. A common example is MSG (monosodium glutamate), a flavor enhancer often used in Chinese restaurants and also found in processed foods. People who are sensitive to it get a feeling like a tight band around the head that kicks in about 20 minutes after MSG touches their lips. Sinus headaches strike in the forehead or under...