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Migraine, Headache, and Obesity – What’s the Link?

by James on 6 December 2010

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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Slimmer waistline – fewer Migraine attacks?

by James on 24 March 2009

So when the report came out in February about migraine and people’s waistlines, the media was all over it.  I’m afraid this is another case when a tiny bit of news became something way too big. Here’s the story.  Researchers studied 22,211 people who were asked to report on their headaches or migraine attacks.  Then [...]

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