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The Migraine Research Foundation is helping children with chronic migraine. One of the ways their helping is by giving funding to researchers such as Dr. Golda Ginsburg, who is studying approaches to treatment for children migraineurs. In this video, hear Dr. Ginsburg discuss her research. You can help fund migraine research by giving to the [...]
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Valproic acid, and the related compound divalproex acid (Depakote) are very common migraine preventatives. But their use as abortives – to kill a specific migraine attack – has never been established. However, some researches still see possibilities, especially in the emergency room. One case in Israel concerned an adolescent with Acute Confusional Migraine (ACM). This is [...]
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Stomach aches are legendary in children. As are those mysterious illnesses where the child is vomiting ("Probably something they ate"). Is it just part of growing up? In recent years researchers have been warning – don’t just assume that those aches and pains are simply a part of childhood that they’ll grow out of. We [...]
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Research continues on the option of PFO closure for people with migraine. As you may remember, studies in the past so far seem to show that we need to know more about which type of patients this may help. But this time, researched focused on children with migraine rekindles the debate. PFO, or patent foramen [...]
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One of the winners of the book for children entitled My Secret, Jill, was kind enough to send me pictures of her 7 year old migraineur! I won’t give any more information (to protect the innocent), but I think the smile says it all. She was pretty excited to get a book about migraine – almost [...]
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