News tagged with chronic migraine

Stigma of migraine is significant; worse for those with chronic migraine

Researchers looking for the first time at how migraine sufferers experience the stigmatizing effects of their disease show that chronic migraine sufferers experience worse stigma than episodic migraine sufferers and more ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chronic migraineurs sicker, poorer and more depressed than episodic migraineurs

Chronic migraine sufferers tend to be in poorer general health, less well off, and more depressed than those with episodic migraine, reveals research published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Ps ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 17, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research: Migraine increases stroke risk

Migraine with aura (temporary visual or sensory disturbances before or during a migraine headache) is associated with a twofold increased risk of stroke, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today. Further ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Can children outgrow chronic daily headache?

Most children who suffer from chronic daily headache may outgrow the disabling condition, according to research published in the July 15, 2009, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neu ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CBT and BT: Some effect against chronic pain

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Behaviour Therapy (BT) show some effect in helping the disability associated with chronic pain, according to a Cochrane Systematic Review. The researchers assessed the use of CBT and ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0