Today’s podcast covers some recent migraine news.  Here are some of the links mentioned:

• Topiramate in pediatric migraine
• Trigger factors reported by adolescents with migraine
• Childhood migraine tied to history of infantile colic
• Popular Chinese medicine used for migraines could be FATAL, warn health watchdogs
• Migraine sufferers likely have brain abnormalities, study finds

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Migraine in Kids and Teens, Dangerous Herbs, and Migraine Brains (podcast)

Here are the links mentioned in the podcast:

• Submit a recipe
• Searching the site
• San Francisco clinic
• Health of women after wartime deployments (abstract)
• Migraine and cognitive decline among women
• Why do women get more migraine?
• New Migraine Research Foundation donation page
• Other podcasts

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Website News, Migraine in Women, Migraine Research (Podcast)

This is a less technical and more personal podcast about my own experience at a sleep clinic.  I went for a sleep study (technically called a Polysomnography or PSG)  and recorded my impressions from before the study until after I had received the results.  Hopefully this will be a help to anyone considering having the study done.

For a text summary of what the sleep study is about, try the Mayo Clinic articles: Polysomnography (sleep study), or quick summary at UKHealthCentre with links to UK sleep clinics.  Also, a summary from a clinic in Australia specializing in PSGs for children.

And now, the podcast:

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My Polysomnography – Sleep Study (podcast)

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Biofeedback for Migraine and Headache (podcast)

Today’s podcast will focus on something everyone taking medication needs to be aware of – gastric stasis.  This is especially important for migraineurs – find out why…

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Your Medication Didn’t Work: The Surprising Reason Why

Are sleep problems giving you a headache, or triggering migraine attacks?  Find out what sleep apnea (or sleep apnoea) is, recent research about its dangers, and how to stop it.

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Podcast: Focus on Sleep Apnea

The first edition of the Headache and Migraine News podcast. Learn more about Chiari 1 Malformation, or read more about the different types of Chiari Malformation at the Mayo Clinic. If you missed it, be sure to catch the post Fight Migraine: Be nice to your Mitochondria.

(If for some reason you can’t see the podcast above, you can download the mp3 here.)

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Chiari 1 Malformation, Mitochondrial diseases (podcast)