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Migraine Education Reduces Costs to Employers |
| Educating employees with migraine about their condition may help
reduce absenteeism, loss of productivity, and healthcare costs, data from a pilot program suggest. |
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Similarities Seen in New Daily Persistent Headache and Transformed Migraine |
| New daily persistent headache and transformed migraine appear to have a common underlying pathophysiology, in contrast to the current diagnostic dictum that distinguishes the two headache syndromes on the basis of the nature of onset and the presence of migrainous features, reported Jacqueline E. Scena on April 17 during the American Academy of Neurology meeting. |
Migraine Frequency Tied to Cardiovascular Risk  |
| Migraine frequency may influence a woman’s risk of stroke and myocardial infarction (MI), according to data from the Women’s Health Study (WHS) presented by Dr. Tobias Kurth on April 17 during the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. |
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Transformed Migraine Imposes Substantial Economic Burden |
| Patients with transformed migraine use significantly more healthcare resources and miss significantly more days from work compared with patients with migraine, which emphasizes the need to prevent migraine progression, according to a study presented on April 17 at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. |
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Survey Provides Insight to Frequency of Migraine and Probably Migraine |
| The proportion of headache patients with probable migraine increases with age, suggesting the episodes become less typical over time, Dr. Uri Napchan reported April 16 at the annual meeting of American Academy of Neurology. |
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Migraine Parameters Improve after Obesity Surgery
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| Morbidly obese patients with migraine had significant improvement in headache frequency and severity following weight-reducing bariatric surgery, Dr. Gal Ifergane reported April 16 at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. |
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Pulsality Index Shows promise for Assessing Intracranial Pressure |
| Measurement of pulsatility index with transcranial Doppler may offer an effective, noninvasive means to monitor intracranial pressure in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension, Canadian neurologists reported on April 15 at the annual meeting of American Academy of Neurology. |
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Survey Reveals Spotty Patient Knowledge about Headache |
| Headache patients treated at a specialty clinic have a relatively good understanding of headache but spotty knowledge about treatment strategies, suggest findings from a small study of patients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. |
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Data Strengthen Link between Patent Foramen Ovale, Migraine |
| The association between patent foramen ovale (PFO) and migraine encompasses migraine with or without aura, strengthening the theory that the congenital heart abnormality and migraine have a common genetic origin, reported Dr. Maurizio Facheris on April 16 during the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. |
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Progressive Balance Disorder Seen in patients with Migraine |
| Patients with migraine have a persistent and progressive balance disorder involving specific domains of balance, investigators reported April 16 at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. |
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Basilar Artery Flow Patterns Distinquish Migraine Subtypes |
| Distinct patterns of cerebral vasomotor reactivity (CVR) in the basilar artery occur in migraine with and without aura, suggesting the migraine subtypes have different underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms, Korean investigators reported on April 15 at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. |
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Three-question screening tool identifies patients with Migraine |
| Undiagnosed migraine can be identified with a high level of accuracy by use of a three-question screening tool, according to results of a study reported April 16 during the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. |
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Transformed Migraine and New Daily Headache Have Similar Symptoms |
| Similarities in the type and frequency of symptoms suggest that new daily persistent headache and transformed migraine have a similar underlying pathophysiology, investigators reported on April 16 at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. |
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Migraine Onset and Progression Have Multiple Variations |
| Migraine spans a wide range of characteristics and symptoms that often overlap with other headache syndromes, said Philadelphia headache specialist Dr. William Young on April 18 during the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. |
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