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41. Migraine With Aura May Be Tied to All Stroke Types
    
    By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Women who have migraine headaches with aura are at increased risk for stroke, a new study indicates. Migraine with aura is a migraine that's preceded or accompanied by visual effects such as flashes of light or blind spots, o
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42. Migraine, Chronic Back Pain Tied to Suicide Risk
    
    By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- People who endure chronic migraines or back pain are more likely to attempt suicide, whether or not they also suffer from depression or another psychiatric condition, according to a new study. "Clinicians who are seeing pati
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43. Having Both Migraines, Depression May Mean Smaller Brain
    
    By Maureen Salamon HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Migraines and depression can each cause a great deal of suffering, but new research indicates the combination of the two may be linked to something else entirely -- a smaller brain. Already aware that people with migraines f
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44. Drugs Can Sometimes Prevent Migraines, at a Cost
    
    By Barbara Bronson Gray HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) -- People with severe or frequent migraines often turn to drugs to prevent them. But do the medications work? A new review of preventive treatments shows there is not much difference in the effectiveness of commonly prescri
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45. Colic May Be Linked to Childhood Migraine
    
    By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) -- Although colic has always been considered a gastrointestinal illness, new research suggests that migraines might be to blame. The study, published April 17 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found the odds wer
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46. Brain Differences Seen in People With Migraines
    
    By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) -- People who suffer migraines may have certain structural differences in pain-related areas of the brain, a new study suggests. Using MRI scans, researchers found that in specific brain regions related to pain processing, migraine
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47. Nerve-Stimulating Device Might Ease Migraines
    
    By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Migraine sufferers in search of a non-medicinal alternative for relief may be encouraged by new Belgian research that suggests that 20 minutes a day of nerve stimulation might cut back on the frequency of attacks. The finding ste
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48. Migraine Triggers May Not Always Trigger Migraines
    
    Jan. 23, 2013 -- Worrying about what may trigger a migraine attack adds to the discomfort of many people with migraines. But according to a new study from Denmark, much of that worry may be unfounded. The researchers studied the effect of light and exercise -- both commonly believed by patients to t
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49. FDA Approves Skin Patch for Migraines
    
    Jan. 18, 2013 -- The FDA has approved the Zecuity (sumatriptan) skin patch system for adults who have migraines with or without aura. The single-use, battery-powered patch offers relief of migraine-related nausea as well as migraine headaches. Of the 16 million U.S. adults with migraines, 8 million
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50. Migraines' Brain Changes Not Linked to Mental Harm
    
    Nov. 13, 2012 -- Women who get migraines are more likely than those who don't to develop small areas of tissue changes in their brains, a new study shows. At the same time, these changes do not seem to affect the women's thinking or memory. For years, researchers have wondered whether migraine heada
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