Sentences with phrase «in migraine patients»

The research found a 4.1 percent incidence of heart attacks in the migraine patients, compared with 1.9 percent in those without the debilitating headaches.

By the early 20th century clinicians turned their attention to the role of the blood vessels, inspired in part by observations of strong pulsing of the temporal arteries in migraine patients, as well as patients» descriptions of throbbing pain and the relief they got from compression of the carotid arteries.

«Further studies are needed to elucidate whether vitamin supplementation is effective in migraine patients in general, and whether patients with mild deficiency are more likely to benefit from supplementation,» says Suzanne Hagler, MD, a Headache Medicine fellow in the division of Neurology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and lead author of the study.

Dr. Richard Kraig is an expert in migraine patient care, migraine research and cerebrovascular disease research.

Not exact matches

Finally, in our study of symptoms, we found patients with higher unconventional natural gas development activity had higher odds of nasal and sinus, migraine headache and fatigue symptoms compared to those with lower activity.

Only about 200 patients or fewer will take Valeant's branded version of the migraine drug this year, amounting to less than $ 1 million in sales (about 0.01 % of the company's annual revenue).

It was concluded in a 2003 Italian study that «a significant proportion of patients with migraine may have celiac disease, and that a gluten free diet may lead to a improvement in the migraine in these patients.»

Yet in some of these patients, it also triggers a migraine attack within six hours.

In 1999, a study showed that the toxin can reduce migraines by as much as 50 percent among patients predisposed to them.

«And it seems very, very likely that nitric oxide in the brain has some role in triggering migraines — not just in heart patients but in all patients.»

According to the authors, placebo effects can dramatically enhance the effectiveness of pharmaceutical therapies, as shown in studies of patients with irritable bowel disease and episodic migraine.

In all, 51.1 million headache - related patient visits occurred between 2007 and 2010 — nearly half of them related to migraine.

In fact, several national guidelines for doctors specifically discourage scanning the brains of patients who complain of headache and migraine.

Symptoms such as migraines or joint pain would recur in response to whatever substances the individual patient was sensitive to.

Not only does the study suggest these drugs are safe for this subset of migraine patients, it could also have implications for the nearly 10 million migraine sufferers who experience auras — a disturbance in vision, touch, speech, thinking, or strength that usually precedes a migraine headache.

The patients underwent surgery on both sides of the head, targeting the nerve implicated in temporal migraine headaches: the zygomaticotemporal branch of the trigeminal nerve (ZTBTN).

In fact, one patient was hospitalized monthly for her migraine pain prior to BOTOX ® treatment and was expected to be held back in schooIn fact, one patient was hospitalized monthly for her migraine pain prior to BOTOX ® treatment and was expected to be held back in schooin school.

«We saw some patients with 100 percent reduction in migraine, others with 75 percent reduction,» says Dr. Silberstein.

An outpatient with well - controlled episodic migraine may respond differently than someone with chronic migraine or a patient in the emergency room.

Generally speaking, an approximately 50 percent reduction in migraine days in at least half of patients is seen as a realistic therapeutic goal.

«Our findings show the association with TMD exists but is less frequent in patients with rare or episodic migraine,» Grossi said.

However, this research was the first to consider the frequency of migraine attacks when analyzing its connection with TMD: eighty - four women in their early to mid-thirties were assessed, being that 21 were chronic migraine patients, 32 had episodic migraine, while 32 with no history of migraine were included as controls — the results were published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics.

Other patients, in contrast, are treated with medications for migraines even though they suffer from a different type of headache, such as the more common tension variety.

The journal article concludes that an examination of TMD signs and symptoms should be clinically conducted in patients with migraine.

Migraine sufferers have significantly higher sodium concentrations in their cerebrospinal fluid than people without the condition, according to the first study to use a technique called sodium MRI to look at migraine pMigraine sufferers have significantly higher sodium concentrations in their cerebrospinal fluid than people without the condition, according to the first study to use a technique called sodium MRI to look at migraine pmigraine patients.

Clinicians at Albany Medical Center and the State University New York Empire State College in Saratoga Springs used a treatment called image - guided, intranasal sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) blocks to give patients enough ongoing relief that they required less medication to relieve migraine pain.

In a linked editorial, Rebecca Burch from Harvard Medical School and Melissa Rayhill from The State University of New York at Buffalo caution that «the magnitude of the risk should not be over-emphasized,» as «it is small at the level of the individual patient, but still important at a population level because migraine is so prevalent.»

Each of the 33 migraine trigger factors investigated correlated with migraine attacks, in at least some of the patients.»

«It is important for health professionals to be monitoring for the presence of mental health problems, including anxiety disorders, in their patients with migraine.

Migraine surgery improved functioning and coping even in patients with very low initial PSEQ scores.

The new study shows «continued positive outcomes» after migraine surgery in appropriately selected patients, including large improvements in migraine - related disability.

«The results also show that migraine surgery can lead to dramatic improvements in functioning and coping ability, even in patients who are very disabled before surgery.»

In the 19th century medical electricity had become all the rage, and migraine patients were routinely jolted with a variety of inventions, including the hydroelectric bath, which was basically an electrified tub of water.

One year after migraine surgery, the patients had a very large percent improvement in average PSEQ score: on average, 112 percent higher than baseline.

In the 1970s cardiac patients who also had migraines started telling their doctors that the beta blockers they were taking to slow rapid heartbeats also reduced the frequency of their attacks.

Occurrence of new - onset migraine attacks has been reported in approximately 15 percent of patients following transcatheter ASD closure, with the majority of initial episodes occurring within the days to weeks following the procedure.

Among patients with migraines, those in the clopidogrel group had less - severe migraine attacks (zero patients with moderately or severely disabling migraine attacks vs 37 percent [7 patients] in the placebo group).

«There are many available treatment options for migraine during pregnancy and lactation, so patients can be assured that they will not suffer during this important time in their lives.»

In a study of 588 patients who attended an outpatient headache clinic, more frequent migraines were experienced by participants with symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Her eloquent account flits between philosophy, science and anecdotes from the writing classes she runs for psychiatric patients, as well as her own experiences of those seizures, migraines, voices in her head and a heightened perceptual awareness.

To quantify the difference, a 2013 meta - analysis looked at placebo effects in 79 studies of migraine prevention: sugar pills reduced headache frequency for 22 percent of patients, fake acupuncture helped 38 percent, and sham surgery was a hit for a remarkable 58 percent.

Topamax, an epilepsy drug from Ortho - McNeil Pharmaceutical, has proven extremely effective on migraines in clinical trials: Half of all patients have reported a 50 percent reduction in the frequency of migraines, and more than a quarter have a reported 75 percent reduction.

The research team found that, in a select group of patients, incisions through the upper eyelid resulted in equally effective release and deactivation of the nerves involved in migraines.

Shannon entropy analysis of FA histograms performed better than mean FA as a diagnostic test to differentiate between concussion patients and controls and also performed better in determining which concussion patients developed post-traumatic migraines.

They obtained FA maps and neurocognitive testing results in 74 concussion patients, including 57 with post-traumatic migraines and 17 without.

«Technique helps predict likelihood of migraines in concussion patients.»

«Surgery is a valid treatment for migraines in certain patients,» notes Dr. Oren Tessler, LSU Health Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon.

Researchers are using a mathematical tool to help determine which concussion patients will go on to suffer migraine headaches, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

In the first study of its kind, Dr. Alhilali and colleagues assessed the performance of Shannon entropy as a diagnostic tool in concussion patients with and without post-traumatic migraineIn the first study of its kind, Dr. Alhilali and colleagues assessed the performance of Shannon entropy as a diagnostic tool in concussion patients with and without post-traumatic migrainein concussion patients with and without post-traumatic migraines.

Dr. Kraig's research helps him to develop individualized treatment plans for patients in the Migraine Headache Clinic.