BACKGROUND Many of the nearly 30 million Americans suffering with migraine headaches are not helped by standard therapies, a proportion of which can harbor undesirable side effects. The present study demonstrates the efficacy of independent surgical deactivation of three common migraine headache trigger sites through a double-blind, sham surgery, controlled clinical trial. METHODS Seventy-fiv...

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Background: Migraine is a debilitating neurovascular disorder which primarily impacts the working age population. The aim of study was to determine if transient hemodynamic alterations during each migraine attack translates into cerebrovascular alterations, migraineurs interictal period. A secondary hypothesis there any relationship between vascular hemodynamics and either severity or frequency...

BACKGROUND Supraorbital rim syndrome (SORS) is a novel term attributed to a composite of anatomically defined peripheral nerve entrapment sites of the supraorbital rim region. The SORS term establishes a more consistent nomenclature to describe the constellation of frontal peripheral nerve entrapment sites causing frontal headache pain. In this article, we describe the anatomical features of SO...

Cleveland, Ohio Background: Many of the nearly 30 million Americans suffering with migraine headaches are not helped by standard therapies, a proportion of which can harbor undesirable side effects. The present study demonstrates the efficacy of independent surgical deactivation of three common migraine headache trigger sites through a double-blind, sham surgery, controlled clinical trial. Meth...

PURPOSE Clinical observations suggest that psychogenic non-epileptic seizure (PNES) patients often have severe migraine, more severe than epilepsy patients. Investigations into migraine characteristics in patients with PNES are lacking. In this study we tested the hypothesis that, compared to epilepsy patients, PNES patients have more severe migraine, with more frequent and longer duration atta...

Migraine and epilepsy account for more than 40% of neurology outpatients are leading causes disability. They often co-exist can be confused, because shared clinical features. The borderlands links between migraine have fascinated neurologists centuries, unresolved questions remain. Greater understanding the relationship may give insight into mechanisms. It is already clear that treating co-exis...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of comorbid bipolar disorder (BD) among migraineurs and the impact of migraine-BD comorbidity on disease characteristics. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 120 adult patients diagnosed with migraine at a single tertiary care center were included in this cross-sectional study. Data on sociodemographic and migraine-related characteristi...

Abstract Background Some researches have shown the association between iron deficiency and migraine headache in adults. The aim of present study was to evaluate efficacy of ferrous sulfate treatment on migraine headaches of 5-15 years old migraineur children with iron deficiency. Materials and Methods In a quasi- experimental study, monthly frequency, seve...

Migraine is a common disabling disorder characterized by recurrent headaches and at times non-painful episodic phenomena associated with a variety of neurological manifestations. It ranks among the top 20 causes of disability worldwide [1]. It therefore has a substantial impact on individuals as well as on society. A community based study on headaches in Malaysia showed the prevalence of migrai...