News tagged with headaches
Coffee consumption unrelated to alertness
(PhysOrg.com) -- The stimulatory effects of caffeine may be nothing more than an illusion according to new research, which shows there is no real benefit to be gained from the habitual morning cup of coffee.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 02, 2010 |
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Study explains why light worsens migraine headaches
Ask anyone who suffers from migraine headaches what they do when they're having an attack, and you're likely to hear "go into a dark room." And although it's long been known that light makes migraines worse, the reason why ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 10, 2010 |
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Biologists produce potential malarial vaccine from algae
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have succeeded in engineering algae to produce potential candidates for a vaccine that would prevent transmission of the parasite that causes malaria, an achievement that ...
May 16, 2012 |
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Depression and anxiety differentially influence physical symptom reporting
Researchers have for decades hypothesized that negative emotions lead to inflated reports of common physical symptoms, like headaches or an upset stomach. But a new University of Iowa study suggests that two negative emotions ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Discrimination hurts, but how much?
It's tough being a teen. Are you in or are you out? Are you hanging with the right crowd? Are you dressing and talking and acting the right way? For adolescents who are ethnic minorities, on top of this quest to "fit in" ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2010 |
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Alcohol use and smoking are associated with headaches in high schoolers
A novel study by German researchers reported that alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking were associated with increased migraines and tension-type headaches (TTH) in high school students. Coffee drinking and physical inactivity ...
Jun 07, 2010 |
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Hand-held device may prevent migraine
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new portable device that delivers a magnetic pulse to the back of the head could prevent or treat migraines in people susceptible to them.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 05, 2010 |
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Headache may linger years later in people exposed to World Trade Center dust, fumes
Workers and residents exposed to dust and fumes caused by the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 frequently reported headache years later, according to research released today that will be presented ...
Feb 10, 2010 |
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Gadgets not related to teenagers' brain pain
Use of most electronic media is not associated with headaches, at least not in adolescents. A study of 1025 13-17 year olds, published in the open access journal BMC Neurology, found no association between the use of com ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 08, 2010 |
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Got a pain? -- Have a cup of Brazilian mint
For thousands of years it has been prescribed by traditional healers in Brazil to treat a range of ailments from headaches and stomach pain to fever and flu.
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Increased stroke risk from birth control pills
She was only 30 years old, but she was experiencing the classic symptoms of a stroke. Her speech suddenly became slurred, and her left hand became clumsy while eating.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Bad news for coffee drinkers who get headaches
High caffeine consumption, more headaches?
Aug 14, 2009 |
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Link between migraines and reduced breast cancer risk confirmed in follow-up study
The relationship between migraine headaches in women and a significant reduction in breast cancer risk has been confirmed in a follow-on study to landmark research published last year and conducted by scientists at Fred Hutchinson ...
Jul 09, 2009 |
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'Space headaches' come out of the blue
Researchers are calling for space headache to be established as a new secondary disorder after carrying out a study of 17 astronauts, published in the June issue of Cephalalgia.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Your brain on -- and off -- caffeine
Ever miss your daily cup of coffee and subsequently get a pounding headache? According to reports from consumers of coffee and other caffeinated products, caffeine withdrawal is often characterized by a headache, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 01, 2009 |
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Headache
A headache or cephalalgia is pain anywhere in the region of the head or neck. It can be a symptom of a number of different conditions of the head and neck. The brain tissue itself is not sensitive to pain because it lacks pain receptors. Rather, the pain is caused by disturbance of the pain-sensitive structures around the brain. Several areas of the head and neck have these pain-sensitive structures, which are the cranium (the periosteum of the skull), muscles, nerves, arteries and veins, subcutaneous tissues, eyes, ears, sinuses and mucous membranes.
There are a number of different classification systems for headaches. The most well-recognized is that of the International Headache Society. Treatment of a headache depends on the underlying etiology or cause, but commonly involves analgesics.
For more information about Headache, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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