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$10 million gift to UCLA from Wendy and Leonard Goldberg is largest ever to support migraine research
UCLA Health Sciences has received a $10 million gift, most of which will support multidisciplinary research on migraine, a debilitating neurological disorder that affects 36 million people in the U.S. The gift was made by philanthropists Wendy and Leonard Goldberg. Wendy Goldberg is an editor and author; her husband, Leonard, is an award-winning film and television producer and executive. More than 90 percent of sufferers are unable to work during their migraine attacks, costing employers $13 billion a year in lost work days; and every 10 seconds, someone in the U.S. goes to an emergency room with a migraine-related compla...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - December 8, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Migraine et contraception
Publication date: March 2015 Source:Gynécologie Obstétrique & Fertilité, Volume 43, Issue 3 Author(s): H. Cappy , C. Lucas , S. Catteau-Jonard , G. Robin La migraine est une pathologie fréquente chez la femme. La maladie migraineuse répond à une définition stricte définie par l’International Headache Society et est à différencier des autres types de céphalées. La survenue des crises est fréquemment liée au cycle menstruel. De nombreuses études ont fait le lien entre fluctuations hormonales et survenue de la crise migraineuse. La migraine avec aura est actuellement un facteur de risque identifié ...
Source: Gynecologie Obstetrique and Fertilite - March 22, 2015 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research

Migraine and contraception.
Abstract Migraine is a common pathology in women. Migraine disease is well defined by the International Headache Society and has to be distinguished from others types of headaches. The occurrence of migraine attacks is frequently linked to the menstrual cycle. Many studies have related a connexion with hormonal fluctuations and migraine event. Migraine with aura is currently identified as a stroke risk factor and this risk dramatically increases in case of oestroprogestative pill intake and smoking. The World Health Organization established guidelines about oestroprogestative intake in case of migraine while stric...
Source: Gynecologie, Obstetrique et Fertilite - February 26, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Cappy H, Lucas C, Catteau-Jonard S, Robin G Tags: Gynecol Obstet Fertil Source Type: research

Here Are the Real Victims of Pakistan’s War on the Taliban
An elderly displaced man carries a sack of rations on his shoulder. The Pakistan Army has distributed 30,000 ration packs of 110 kg each. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPSBy Ashfaq YusufzaiPESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jul 1 2014 (IPS) Three days ago, Rameela Bibi was the mother of a month-old baby boy. He died in her arms on Jun. 28, of a chest infection that he contracted when the family fled their home in Pakistan’s North Waziristan Agency, where a full-scale military offensive against the Taliban has forced nearly half a million people to flee. Weeping uncontrollable, Bibi struggles to recount her story. “My son was born on Jul. 2...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 1, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ashfaq Yusufzai Tags: Aid Armed Conflicts Asia-Pacific Development & Aid Economy & Trade Editors' Choice Environment Featured Food & Agriculture Gender Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Migration & Refugees Population Povert Source Type: news

Helping Haiti: Addressing the Burden of Neurologic Disease (P4.292)
CONCLUSIONS: With this nationwide collaborative and interdisciplinary approach, we hope to have a dramatic impact on the perceptions and outcomes of neurologic disease and provide a continuous, but dynamic presence in Port au Prince, Haiti while training physicians, nurses, and other team members in global health perspectives.Disclosure: Dr. Santini has nothing to disclose. Dr. Alessi has received personal compensation for activities with CBS Radio, the National Football League Players Association, and Colonial Cooperative Care. Dr. Jones has nothing to disclose. Dr. Etienne has nothing to disclose. Dr. Hohler has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Santini, V., Alessi, A., Jones, E., Etienne, M., Hohler, A. Tags: Global Health and Infection Source Type: research

Helping Haiti: Addressing the Burden of Neurologic Disease (I10-2.004)
CONCLUSIONS: With this nationwide collaborative and interdisciplinary approach, we hope to have a dramatic impact on the perceptions and outcomes of neurologic disease and provide a continuous, but dynamic presence in Port au Prince, Haiti while training physicians, nurses, and other team members in global health perspectives.Disclosure: Dr. Santini has nothing to disclose. Dr. Alessi has received personal compensation for activities with CBS Radio, the National Football League Players Association, and Colonial Cooperative Care. Dr. Jones has nothing to disclose. Dr. Etienne has nothing to disclose. Dr. Hohler has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Santini, V., Alessi, A., Jones, E., Etienne, M., Hohler, A. Tags: The Global Burden of Neurological Diseases Data Blitz Presentations Source Type: research

The psychosocial difficulties in brain disorders that explain short term changes in health outcomes
Conclusions: Our findings are of interest to researchers and clinicians for interventions and health systems planning as they show that in addition to difficulties that are diagnostic criteria of these disorders, there are other difficulties that explain small changes in health outcomes over short periods of time.
Source: BMC Psychiatry - Latest articles - March 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Alarcos CiezaCristina BostanJose Luis Ayuso-MateosCornelia OberhauserJerome BickenbachAlberto RaggiMatilde LeonardiEduard VietaSomnath Chatterji Source Type: research

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