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Central Sensitization and Cutaneous Allodynia Implication on Migraine Treatment |
| Whether a patient shows signs of cutaneous allodynia—a painful feeling on the skin or scalp during a migraine attack—is a predictor of whether that patient can become migraine pain-free with triptan treatment, said Dr. Rami Burstein on February 18 during a Headache Research Summit presented by the Diamond Headache Clinic Research and Educational Foundation. |
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Expect the Unexpected When Headache Occurs in Older Patients |
| Headache in older patients presents multiple contrasts in clinical context that challenge a physician’s usual approach to workup of headache, said Dr. Robert Kunkel on February 21 at a headache symposium sponsored by the Diamond Headache Clinical Research and Education Foundation. |
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Often Implicated, the Eye Rarely Causes Headache |
| Despite multiple associations with headache, the eye rarely causes headache or other types of pain, said Dr. Robert B. Daroff on February 21 at a headache course sponsored by the Diamond Headache Clinic Research and Education Foundation. |
Defining the Complicated Migraine |
| The definition or diagnosis of complicated headache depends on the medical specialty of the treating physicians, said Dr. Frederick Taylor on February 18 in a presentation at a Headache Research Summit presented by the Diamond Headache Clinic Research and Educational Foundation. |
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Studies Reveal Migraine with Aura is a Risk Factor for Heart Disease |
| Epidemiological studies have revealed that headache is a progressive disease, chronic daily headache is very common, migraine is both a syndrome and a disease, and that migraine with aura is associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke, reported Dr. Richard Lipton on February 18 during his presentation at a Headache Research Summit presented by the Diamond Headache Clinic Research and Educational Foundation. |
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Hormonal Therapies for Migraine: Risks vs Benefits |
| Hormonal therapies for migraine can be either preventative or provocative, commented Dr. Vincent Martin on February 19 at an annual headache course sponsored by the Diamond Headache Clinic Research and Education Foundation. |
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Menstrual Migraines |
| As many as 60% of all migraines experienced by women are related to the menstrual cycle, reported Dr. Lisa K. Mannix on February 19 at the annual headache symposium sponsored by the Diamond Headache Clinical Research and Education Foundation. |
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Cluster Headache |
| Nasal and ocular symptoms associated with cluster headache can easily lead a clinician down the wrong diagnostic pathway, said Dr. Frederick G. Freitag on February 21 at a headache course sponsored by the Diamond Headache Clinic Research and Education Foundation. |
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Emergency Department Treatment of Headache |
When evaluating headache patients in the emergency department, physicians should suspect the obvious but rule out the unexpected and potentially serious, Dr. Merle Diamond said February 19 at a headache course sponsored by the Diamond Headache Clinic Foundation for Research and
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