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Green Light Therapy Shown to Reduce Migraine Frequency, Intensity

Sep. 10, 2020 — A new study found that green light therapy resulted in about a 60% reduction in the pain intensity of the headache phase and number of days per month people experienced migraine ...

Review: Biofeedback Could Help Treat a Number of Conditions

Aug. 27, 2019 — A literature review by Veterans Affairs researchers highlights the usefulness of biofeedback for headache and incontinence treatment, and stroke recovery. There was less evidence for its role in ...

1-2 Caffeinated Drinks Not Linked With Higher Risk of Migraines; 3+ May Trigger Them

Aug. 8, 2019 — Researchers have evaluated the role of caffeinated beverages as a potential trigger of ...

Novel Therapy for Acute Migraine Shows Promise in Phase 3 Clinical Trial

July 10, 2019 — A drug belonging to a new generation of acute migraine headache treatments was found to eliminate pain and reduce bothersome symptoms for people with migraine in a large-scale trial. The drug, ...

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Genetic Malfunction of Brain Astrocytes Triggers Migraine

June 24, 2020 — Neuroscientists shed a new light on the mechanisms responsible for familial migraine: They show that a genetic dysfunction in specific brain cells of the cingulate cortex area strongly influences ...

For Better Migraine Treatment, Try Adding Some Downward Dogs

May 6, 2020 — Adding yoga to your regularly prescribed migraine treatment may be better than medication alone, according to a new study. The new research suggests yoga may help people with migraines have headaches ...

The Brain of Migraine Sufferers Is Hyper-Excitable

Feb. 10, 2020 — Individuals who suffer from migraine headaches appear to have a hyper-excitable visual ...

Migraine Headaches? Consider Aspirin for Treatment and Prevention

Dec. 3, 2019 — Evidence from 13 randomized trials of the treatment of migraine in 4,222 patients and tens of thousands of patients in prevention of recurrent attacks supports the use of high dose aspirin from 900 ...

Cannabis Reduces Headache and Migraine Pain by Nearly Half

Nov. 25, 2019 — Inhaled cannabis reduces self-reported headache severity by 47.3% and migraine severity by 49.6%, according to a recent study. The study also found no evidence that cannabis caused 'overuse ...

A New Link Between Migraines, Opioid Overuse May Be Key to Treating Pain

Nov. 20, 2019 — Researchers have discovered that a peptide links together migraine pain and pain induced by opioid ...

Persistent Headache or Back Pain 'Twice as Likely' in the Presence of the Other

Sep. 19, 2019 — People with persistent back pain or persistent headaches are twice as likely to suffer from both disorders, a new study has ...

Migraine Diagnoses Positively Associated With All-Cause Dementia

Aug. 14, 2019 — Several studies have recently focused on the association between migraine headaches and other headaches and dementia and found a positive migraine-dementia relationship. However, most of these ...

Migraine Increases the Risk of Complications During Pregnancy and Childbirth

June 26, 2019 — Pregnant women with migraine have an increased risk of miscarriage, caesarean sections and giving birth to a child with low birth weight. This is ...

Smartphone Relaxation App Helps Some Manage Migraine

June 4, 2019 — Migraine sufferers who used a smartphone-based relaxation technique at least twice a week experienced on average four fewer headache days per month, a new study ...