by Sue Robbins | Jan 29, 2015 | Headache Drugs
A large, new study should reassure the millions of American women who have migraine – they don’t raise the risk for breast cancer. “There is no association between migraine and breast cancer risk,” said lead researcher Rulla Tamimi, an...
by Sue Robbins | Jan 15, 2015 | Headache Drugs
The American Migraine Foundation is seeking funding to create the first-ever Migraine Patient Registry and Biorepository. The foundation, a nonprofit organization supported by the American Headache Association, hopes this international database will help to boost...
by Sue Robbins | Dec 27, 2014 | Headache Drugs
A lead story in Medical News Today reports that a new study finds that children who are neglected or abused are more likely to experience migraine than tension headache in adulthood. The research team – including Dawn C. Buse, PhD, director of behavior at the...
by Sue Robbins | Dec 9, 2014 | Headache Drugs
A group of researchers from Washington, D.C., affiliated with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) found that a low-fat, plant-based diet may help people with migraines. In the study, 42 migraineurs either ate a vegan diet (a diet with no animal...
by Sue Robbins | Dec 2, 2014 | Headache Drugs
According to research published in the October issue of Headache, meditation could be a path to migraine relief. “Stress is a well-known trigger for headaches, and research supports the general benefits of mind-body interventions for migraines, but there...
