migraine

Researchers Identify Cause of Early Bird Sleep Disorder

...s -- that "they all have asthma, and they all have migraine headaches, with aura. Now, that could be purely coincidental, but a more important possibility is that these are part of the same syndrome." So far, however, "we haven't even looked at that yet." He estimated that a very small number (about .3 perce...

Researchers make headway in mystery of migraines

...improved treatments, providing hope to millions of migraine sufferers. ...

Scientists reveal how deadly toxin hijacks cells

...n to treat an array of medical troubles, including migraine headaches, chronic inflammation and even stuttering. "I don't think there's a neuromuscular junction that hasn't been inhibited by injecting with botox A," says Chapman. Chapman and his team located the exact molecular gateway through which botox pe...

Device effective in zapping the pain out of migraines

An electronic device designed to "zap" away migraine pain before it starts may be the next form of reli...s are neural disturbances that signal the onset of migraine headaches. People who suffer from migraine headaches often describe "seeing" showers of shooting sta...

Left-right wiring determined by neural communication in the embryonic worm

...or studies had shown that a gene involved in human migraine headaches (an asymmetrical affliction) was involved in this decision, but something was happening earlier that researchers had yet to figure out. Bargmann, who also is an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and postdoctoral associate...

Mice with a migraine show signs of brain damage

... The scientists say the work makes it crucial for migraine sufferers to do everything they can to prevent the...octors to prevent them. “Normally, the focus of migraine treatment is to reduce the pain. We’re saying that migraines may be causing brain damage, and that t...