Innovative Medical Equipment, LLC. (IME) today announced the full U.S. market release of SOOTHEAWAY – a new, thermo-electrically heated and cooled therapy device that helps relieve migraine, tension or stress headache pain in the forehead, temples, occipital and ocular / sinus regions.
Migraine with Aura Associated With a Twofold Increased Risk of Stroke
October 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A systematic and meta-analysis published in the British Medical Journal finds that migraine with aura is associated with a twofold increased risk of stroke. Migraine with aura involves pain preceded or accompanied by temporary visual or sensory disturbances. Migraine is a common, chronic disorder that affects up to 20% of the population, and women are… [Continue Reading]
Migraine Sufferers Could be More Prone to Hangovers
October 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
According to researchers, migraine sufferers could be more prone to hangovers. In order to facilitate the study of migraine, researchers developed a rat model in which headaches are induced by repeatedly stimulating, over weeks to months, the brain’s dura mater with an inflammatory mixture. The researchers used their rat model to study the effects of… [Continue Reading]
Migraines More Prevalent in Women
July 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Headaches are a widespread problem in the United States, affecting roughly 45 million people. Migraine headaches affect millions of Americans each year they are the most common type of headache that sends patients running to their doctor’s office. Migraines occur when constricting blood vessels in the brain cause intense, recurring vascular headaches. Like other forms… [Continue Reading]
Migraine and Reduced Breast Cancer Risk Link Confirmed
July 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Researchers have confirmed in a follow-on study to landmark research published last year that showed a relationship between migraine headaches in women and a significant reduction in breast cancer risk. This new study found a 26 percent reduced risk of breast cancer among both premenopausal and postmenopausal women with a clinical diagnosis of migraines. The… [Continue Reading]
Migraine Associated With Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
July 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
According to research, women who have migraines with aura could be more likely to have a stroke or heart attack than women who don’t have the condition, and the association varies by migraine frequency. An aura is a visual or other sensory disturbance that occurs before the migraine starts, such as seeing bright lights. The… [Continue Reading]
Smokers Have More Migraine Attacks
June 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
According to a study, tobacco acts as a precipitating factor for headaches, specifically migraines. The study shows that smokers have more migraine attacks and that smoking more than five cigarettes a day could trigger a migraine headache. The influence of tobacco as a precipitating, non-causal factor of migraine attacks has produced contradictory data in scientific… [Continue Reading]
Mid Life Migraine with Aura Associated with Late Life Brain Lesions
June 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
According to a study by researchers, middle-aged women who had migraine headaches with neurological aura (sensory disturbances, such as with vision, balance or speech) had a higher prevalence of damage to brain tissue when they were older compared to individuals without similar types of headaches. The researchers found that women are more susceptible than men… [Continue Reading]
What Causes Migraine?
March 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Imagine you are talking to a coworker when your vision blurs, and spots of light appear on the periphery. Feeling nauseated, you try to continue the conversation, but you’re having trouble remembering the words for things. Twenty minutes later you retreat home to bed, your head filled with a painful throbbing that magnifies every sound… [Continue Reading]
Prescribed Medications May Increase the Frequency of Migraines
November 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered that certain commonly prescribed medications may have the unintended effect of increasing the frequency of migraine attacks. This important discovery could change the way doctors prescribe migraine medicines. The study, which was recently published in the journal Headache, of more than 8,000… [Continue Reading]