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familial hemiplegic migraine

Vestibular Migraine – Why the confusion?

by James on 25 October 2008

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 of [...]

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Genetic mutations, migraine auras, and epilepsy

by James on 12 July 2008

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 form [...]

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More on hemiplegic migraine

by James on 19 March 2005

One area that has benefited from genetic study is in the rare form of migraine known as familial hemiplegic migraine.  As genetic mutations have been discovered, we have gained a better understanding of how this type of migraine works, how to diagnose it and how to treat it.
Familial hemiplegic migraine is a type of migraine [...]

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