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Many of us with migraine wonder just how much cumulative damage is taking place with such a high level of pain and other symptoms. There’s a great deal of discussion over just how migraine impacts us in the long term. Like the rest of us, those with familial hemiplegic migraine wonder if the impact tends [...]
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Using ketamine for pain is not a new idea. But I think we’re going to see it get an increasing amount of attention in the months ahead. A few weeks ago, NPR featured a news story on the use of ketamine for depression. Ketamine, originally developed as a human anaesthetic, has since been used for [...]
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Familial Hemiplegic Migraine 1 (FHM1) is a rare type of migraine related to the gene locus CACNA1A. Common to FHM1 are speech, visual and sensory disturbances, headache, and loss of coordination (read more about Familial Hemiplegic Migraine here). DNA display atOxford University Natural History MuseumPhoto courtesy of net efekt The fascinating thing about migraine that [...]
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It’s been in the news a lot lately – vestibular migraine. You can be excused if you’ve never heard of such a thing before. It’s not that lots of people don’t have it – in fact, I have a friend that does. The confusion lies in the name. Vestibular Migraine is not the official name [...]
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Genetic research into migraine continues to suggest directions of treatment that haven’t been widely considered before. The latest studies out of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the USA are doing just that, and also increasing interest in studying links between migraine and epilepsy. Here’s the story in brief. The study is about a rare [...]
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