News tagged with migraine attack

Smoking more than 5 cigarettes a day provokes migraine attacks

Tobacco acts as a precipitating factor for headaches, specifically migraines. This is indicated in a study which shows that smokers have more migraine attacks and that smoking more than five cigarettes a day ...

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created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Migraine sufferers who experienced childhood abuse have greater risk of cardiovascular disease

Migraine sufferers who experienced abuse and neglect as children have a greater risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease including stroke and myocardial infarction (MI) among others, say scientists presenting data at the American ...

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created Jun 23, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Does gene show link between migraine and stroke or heart attacks?

New research looks at whether a gene variant may affect the link between migraine and stroke or heart attacks. The study is published in the February 17, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academ ...

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created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0