NICE backs first oral treatment to prevent chronic and episodic migraines
Draft guidance from NICE backs the first oral treatment for prevention of chronic and episodic migraines in a move that could benefit around 170,000 people in England. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - April 10, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Clinical News Source Type: news
LONG COVID leaves healthy boy, 12, in a wheelchair - as well as crippling pain, fatigue and a FOUR-YEAR migraine
A seventh grader from Atlanta [left] has detailed his struggle with long Covid, including fatigue and migraines that have affected his ability to go to school and play with friends. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dr Reddy's launches migraine management device in Europe
The launch marks the company's entry into digital therapeutics in Europe, the Hyderabad-based drug major said in a statement. Nerivio is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), and is CE-mark certified in Europe. Dr Reddy's launched Nerivio in India last year. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - April 10, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Should I Take Supplements to Sleep? What Experts Think
If you want to understand the importance of sleep, ask someone who spent the previous night tossing and turning. Sleep is a vital function: essential for physical recovery, preparing for the next day, even clearing waste material from the brain. Mounting evidence suggests that getting adequate amounts of sleep each night is even more critical than previously believed, responsible for reducing the risk of serious conditions including dementia, obesity, and stroke.
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Yet so many of us struggle to fall and stay asleep, with more than one-third of U.S. adults failing to get the re...
Source: TIME: Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carly Weeks Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Suffering Shouldn ’ t Be a Normal Part of Womanhood
One of the most important lessons medical schools teach is one my mom mastered as a teenager left to fill her own mother’s shoes: how to figure out who is really sick and needs immediate attention and who can wait (or what we in the medical field call “triage”). Nothing I learned in med school or since has contradicted what I learned at Bertha’s knee.
At the time, the practice of medicine was rudimentary—and that’s putting it nicely. So, the diagnoses typically made at home were probably not that different from those of a bona fide doctor. The more serious common ailments were things ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dr. Sharon Malone Tags: Uncategorized health Source Type: news
Meghan Markle's legal headache continues
Meghan Markle's half sister has appealed a recent defeat, breathing new life into her libel lawsuit against the royal. Samantha Markle sued the Duchess of Sussex over comments made during her Oprah Winfrey interview and Netflix documentary, but the case was dismissed in March by a district court…#meghanmarkle #samanthamarkle #oprahwinfrey #netflix #tampa #florida #notice #eleventhcircuit #meghan #archie (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why Your Head and Eyes Hurt After Viewing the Eclipse
If you have a headache or eye pain after viewing the solar eclipse—even if you wore eclipse glasses—you’re not alone. But don’t panic. Experts say it’s probably not a sign of serious damage.
Looking straight at the eclipse without protective glasses can potentially cause permanent damage to your vision. It’s dangerous to look directly at an eclipse—except during the period of “totality,” when the sun is entirely covered by the moon—for the same reason it’s never a good idea to stare at the sun: its light can burn your retina, a risk that’s formally ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Eclipse healthscienceclimate Solar Eclipse 2024 Source Type: news
Eclipse 2024 Headache: What To Do If You Looked At The Sun And Your Eyes Hurt
If you ’ve been out watching the solar eclipse, you looked at the sun and now your eyes hurt, there’s only one thing you need to know—seek medical attention. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - April 8, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jamie Carter, Senior Contributor Tags: Science /science Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare standard Source Type: news
Democrat Division Intensifies As Ex-Speaker Pelosi Joins Call For Biden To Stop Arming Israel
A divide among Democrats over whether to halt defense aid to Israel is growing more fierce, causing a crisis and headache for Biden strategists ahead of the presidential election, which has only…#democrat #bidentostoparming #democrats #israel #israeldefenseforces #worldcentral #gaza #nancypelosi #dems #viaafp (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Joe Biden faces new headache in Ohio
President Joe Biden faces a new challenge in Ohio as the Democratic National Convention may take place too late for the incumbent president to appear on the general election ballot in the state. In a letter obtained and reviewed by Newsweek, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose's legal counsel…#ohio #franklarose #dnc #pauldisantis #ohiodemocraticparty #lizwalters #disantis #abcnews #ohiogeneralassembly #donaldtrump (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A GP dismissed my husband's dizzy spells as vertigo... four months later he died of 'mad cow' disease
Bob Deller was a fit and healthy grandfather, who spent his time gardening, playing golf and going to yoga when he developed a nagging headache and started feeling dizzy last summer. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I thought I just had a headache - but doctors say I've only got 12 months to live: Agony of father, 45, diagnosed with terminal brain cancer
Mark Downey, 45, from Bolton, Manchester was struck with an excruciating headache causing a a 'stabbing pain' while driving with his family to a holiday in Wales in September 2023. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The postconcussion syndrome and posttraumatic headaches in civilians, soldiers, and athletes - Evans RW.
Posttraumatic headaches are one of the most common and controversial secondary headache types. After a mild traumatic brain, an estimated 11% to 82% of people develop a postconcussion syndrome, which has been controversial for more than 160 years. Headache... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 6, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Brain Iron Accumulates With Post-Traumatic Headache
(MedPage Today) -- Brain iron accumulated in people with acute post-traumatic headache, an imaging study showed.
Higher levels of iron based on T2* signal changes were seen in post-traumatic headache participants relative to healthy controls... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 5, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Strong Australian Services Sector Growth A Headache For RBA
Activity in Australia’s services sector remains upbeat, something that is sure to alarm the Reserve Bank of Australia, which remains engaged in a fight to cool inflation pressures. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
