Headache & Migraine
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Food insecurity tied to migraine in young adults
Health care clinicians caring for persons who experience migraine should consider screening for food insecurity as a potential contributor to...
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Mindfulness-based stress reduction reduces migraine frequency
SAN ANTONIO – The intervention also led to reductions in anxiety, depression, and stress symptoms and an increase in gray matter volume.
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Stewart Tepper: Emgality approval ‘very exciting’
The treatment binds to calcitonin gene-related peptide and is the first therapy to reduce the frequency of episodic cluster headache attacks.
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Green light therapy: A stop sign for pain?
MILWAUKEE – Pain scores and opioid use may plummet with the noninvasive therapy.
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Rimegepant dissolving tablets treat acute migraine in phase 3 trial
PHILADELPHIA – An orally dissolving tablet formulation has significant effects on pain relief and functional ability at 60 minutes post dose.
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Experts discuss what’s new in migraine treatment
PHILADELPHIA – Dr. Alan Rapoport asks Dr. Stewart Tepper to summarize some of
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Galcanezumab reduces cluster headache attack frequency
PHILADELPHIA – The treatment appears to have the same safety and tolerability in this population as among patients...
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Fremanezumab cut headache days in migraine patients vs. placebo
PHILADELPHIA – Patients studied had failed to get relief from other treatments.
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What do patients want in a migraine preventive?
Patients with migraine may be willing to trade off efficacy for better adverse event profiles.
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Cluster headache is associated with increased suicidality
The short- and long-term disease burden of cluster headache, along with depressive symptoms, contributes to the increased risk of suicidality.