Ocular Migraine vs. Visual Migraine – What’s the Difference?
Not all migraine sufferers experience the head pain commonly associated with migraine attacks. Some people experience a type of silent migraine with visual disturbance but no head pain. “Ocular migraine” also known as “retinal migraine” is often confused with “visual migraine” which is a symptom of visual changes or vision loss resulting from the aura phase of the common migraine. However, for people who experience ocular migraines, the visual changes are a little different and can be very frightening as...
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What is a Migraine? Symptoms, Types and Migraine Statistics
Men, women, and children can experience migraines which are usually accompanied with severe, throbbing/pulsating head pain usually on one side of the head. Migraines and can last from 2 to 72 hours, or even days. Migraine is the most common type of vascular headache and can be divided into migraine with aura (classic migraine) and migraine without aura (common migraine). Associated symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light, sound, or smell. The pain is generally made worse by...
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The Anti-Migraine Diet
If you suffer from migraines, you know how much stress can contribute to certain attacks. Of course illness can add to the stress of everyday life, so it makes sense, that the stronger our immune systems are in resisting illness, the less stress we will be exposed to, as well. Therefore eating a diet that contains foods that can reduce stress and enhance our immune systems, will not only increase our over-all wellness levels, but may also reduce the number...
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Migraine Drug Sales to Double Over Next 8 Years
Migraine Drug Sales are Expected to Almost Double Over the Next 8 Years. One Must Ask Oneself Why? Remember When a Billion Dollars Used to Be a Lot of Money? Well It’s Not Enough for the Pharmaceutical Companies. Migraine Drug Sales are Expected to Almost Double Over the Next 8 Years. One Must Ask Oneself Why? One of the world’s leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, Decision Resources, recently reported that the market for migraine therapies...
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Overcosumption of Salt in Kid’s Diets
Kids are Eating as Much Salt as Adults and It May Not Bode Well for Their Blood Pressures The above chart, which was included in an interesting article I recently read about salt consumption in children and adolescents, effectively show how intelligent food choices, can keep our salt consumption down. A study just published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the journal Pediatrics, found that kids are consuming salt at the same daily rate as adults,...
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What Migraineurs Can Learn From Olympic Athletes
Going for the Gold: What Migraineurs can learn from Olympic Athletes With the eyes of the entire world on the Olympics, we marvel when we think of the stamina and perseverance it must have taken to win the opportunity to compete at such a level.
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Migraine Increase in Men with Erectile Dysfunction
A recent study found a correlation between having erectile dysfunction (ED) and also having been diagnosed with migraines.
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Ginger: a healthy spice with a growing list of important health benefits
In its natural form, ginger root has been used as a “cure” in many cultures for thousands of years, especially in Chinese medicine. Now even conventional, allopathic clinicians and researchers are starting to recognize its benefits. Anti‐inflammatory, antioxidant, antitumor, and antiulcer effects of ginger have been proven in many scientific studies. Ginger contains over 200 hundred natural compounds some of which can help to reduce inflammation, pain, and risk for several chronic conditions according to recent studies. Here is a...
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Is Hormone Replacement Therapy Worth the Risk?
Women experiencing symptoms of menopause should consider natural alternatives to hormone replacement therapy (HRT). There are many known side-effects to hormone replacement therapy making all natural options a sensible alternative.
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Surprising Statement About Botulinum Toxin A and Migraines
SURPRISING STATEMENT FROM PRESTIGIOUS MEDICAL CENTER ABOUT BOTULINUM TOXIN A AND MIGRAINES A researcher from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine stated in a paper published in Headache 2011 June:51(6):980-4 that the placebo effect of using Botulinum Toxin A to treat migraines is so large that these effects are solely responsible for its apparent effectiveness. This does not surprise me because I have often seen much larger than expected placebo effects in migraine trials, especially those looking at prevention....
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Lifetime Television “The Balancing Act” Interviews Creator of MigreLief
Lifetime Television “The Balancing Act” Interviews Curt Hendrix, Creator of MigreLief, Regarding Chronic Migraine More than 30 million people in the US suffer from migraines, and more than three-quarters are women. The key is not to treat the symptoms, but to prevent debilitating migraines from occurring in the first place. Learn about your nutritional options. Watch the interview below, and visit MigreLief.com for more information.
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