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(Elsevier Health Sciences) Roughly 15% of children suffer from migraines, and approximately one-third of these affected children have migraines with aura, a collection of symptoms that can include weakness, blind spots, and even hallucinations.

Although the causes of migraines are unclear, a new study soon to be published in the Journal of Pediatrics suggests a connection between migraine headaches in children and a heart defect called patent foramen ovale, which affects 25 percent of people in the US.

This fact sheet provides basic information about the herb feverfew—common names, uses, potential side effects, and resources for more information.

Originally a plant native to the Balkan mountains of Eastern Europe, feverfew—a short bush with daisy-like flowers—now grows throughout Europe, North America, and South America.

Recurrent migraine headaches are enough to drive a person into depression, but new research suggests the link between the two conditions is even more basic

Correspondence to the Lancet two weeks ago revealed another instance in which clinical research studies that failed to provide results favorable to a sponsor's product were suppressed.

[Tfeft-Hansen  PC. Unpublished clinical trials of sumatriptan. Lancet 2009; 374: 1501-2.  Link here.]

(University Hospitals Case Medical Center) In newly released research, 79 migraine sufferers were followed for at least five years after having undergone detection of migraine "trigger sites" and surgery.

New data find promising outcomes for treating trigger sites surgically for migraine headaches resulting in elimination of pain for those afflicted with the condition.

Women diagnosed with migraine headaches have a lower risk of developing breast cancer. That's the finding of a new study led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center researcher Dr.

Christopher Li.

Nearly everyone has experienced the acute, short-lived pain that occurs after a mild injury, but recent surveys reveal that more than 20% of the population has a chronic pain condition (i.e., pain that has lasted for 3 months or more) and for which treatment is often not very effective (e.g., low back pain, fibromyalgia, migraine headaches).

Acute and chronic pain conditions have huge socio-economic costs.