News tagged with cluster headaches
Treating cluster headaches with high-flow oxygen appears effective
Patients with a cluster headache, which is characterized by bouts of excruciating pain usually near the eye or temple, were more likely to report being pain-free within 15 minutes of treatment with high-flow oxygen than patients ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Common migraine pain condition also prevalent in cluster headache
A pain condition common in people with migraines also has a high prevalence in patients with cluster headache, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Jefferson Headache Center at Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 27, 2009 |
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Scientists identify new class of antimalarial compounds
An international team led by scientists from the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) and The Scripps Research Institute has discovered a family of chemical compounds that could lead ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Breakthroughs help brain surgeons remove nearly all of a tumor, raise survival rates
Donna Vinson suddenly felt she "couldn't think well." She was far off from choosing the right words, even pointing to a garbage can once as she asked a family member to pass the potatoes.
Apr 18, 2011 |
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The digital side of biology
Revolutions in science come in waves. One of the epoch-making events in modern biology came in 1995 when J. Craig Venter, an American biologist, decoded the whole genome of the Haemohilus influenzae bacterium ...
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Beyond the bullet: Surviving a shot to the head carries host of challenges
The spectral images, reproduced in neurosurgery journals and textbooks, could be captioned "Beauty and the Beast." Captured by X-ray and CT scan, the human brain is pierced by a bullet, nail, pool cue or chunk of razor-sharp ...
Jan 28, 2011 |
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Invasive plants increase the risk of tick-borne disease in suburbs
(PhysOrg.com) -- “You don't have to go out into the woods anymore,” says tick expert Brian F. Allan, PhD, who just completed a postdoctoral appointment at Washington University in St. Louis. “The ...
Oct 11, 2010 |
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Patterned pulses boost the effects of deep brain stimulation, research shows
Electrical stimulation has been used as a sort of defibrillator of consciousness, rousing a victim of traumatic brain injury to at least partial awareness, after years in a coma. The procedure, termed deep brain stimulation, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 30, 2010 |
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Migraine sufferers: More difficulty tuning out visual stimuli?
When people feel the onset of a migraine headache, they may head to a dark, quiet room to rest. This instinct may be sound: A new study suggests that even without the headache, migraine sufferers may process visual cues better ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 08, 2010 |
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New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border
(AP) -- O'treng village doesn't look like the epicenter of anything. Just off a muddy rutted-out road, it is nothing more than a handful of Khmer-style bamboo huts perched crookedly on stilts, tucked among ...
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Dec 28, 2009 |
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Brain surgery evolves to destroy rogue blood vessels
(PhysOrg.com) -- Over three decades, a world-recognized medical team at UC San Diego Medical Center has spurred the evolution of a complex surgery to destroy dangerous clusters of arteries and veins in the brain. Integrating ...
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Dec 16, 2009 |
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Gov't stands by as mercury taints water
(AP) -- Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California's rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state's major waterways, rendering fish unsafe to eat and risking the health of at least 100,000 ...
Sep 18, 2009 |
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