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A Blood Test For Migraine?

by James on 5 December 2011

What if you could have a simple blood test done which could confirm your diagnosis of migraine – and also put you on the road to proper treatment? True, scientific, individualized treatment is something we’ve been promised for years – but still there’s no good genetic test or blood test or any other kind of [...]

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There doesn’t seem to be much doubt that there’s a connection between obesity and migraine.  Various studies suggest that weight gain, obesity, eating patterns, and so on, are risk factors for migraine and chronic daily headache. Now once again, we do have the chicken-and-the-egg question.  Could the migraine or CDH actually be causing the weight gain? [...]

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Those with Migraine still Stigmatized

by James on 12 July 2010

After all we’ve learned about the biology of migraine in the past 15 years or so, you’d think that more people would realize the seriousness of this disabling disease.  Still, a recent study suggests that there is still a stigma attached to people with migraine – and an even worse stigma if you have chronic [...]

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We know that migraine and depression are comorbid – they often go together.  But why?  Does one cause the other?  Do they cause each other?  Or is there a shared factor causing both? Migraine and Depression – a common combination Researchers in the Department of Neurology at the Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands [...]

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What is comorbid with migraine, and what does that mean?  Comorbidity basically refers to two conditions that tend to go together.  That doesn’t mean that one caused the other.  In fact, we usually don’t know why they go together. It could be there’s a common cause, or maybe one could cause the other.  It could [...]

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