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Emmy Win,Chenoweth Migraine/ Cindy McCain Migraine Headaches

September 30th 2009 22:47

LOS ANGELES - A publicist for Kristin Chenoweth (CHEHN'-oh-weth) says paramedics checked out the actress after her Emmy win, but that she's doing fine.

Meghan Prophet says Chenoweth felt a migraine coming on after winning an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a comedy series and doing press interviews. Prophet says Chenoweth laid down and onsite paramedics checked on the former "Pushing Daisies" actress.

Prophet says Chenoweth is feeling better and may take part in some of the post-Emmy activities.

The 41-year-old actress was emotional during her acceptance speech and in press interviews. "Pushing Daisies" has been canceled, but Chenoweth told reporters she has been busy, filming movies and guest starring on an upcoming episode of Fox's show "Glee."

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Cindy McCain has revealed she's among the millions who suffer with migraine headaches. She was in Philadelphia Thursday to be the keynote speaker at The International Headache Society conference meeting.

Mrs. McCain says she suffered in silence for decades fearing her headaches would be misunderstood. Now she's going public hoping to raise awareness and money. She says like many women, she was initially misdiagnosed by a family doctor.

"He said, 'oh you're just neurotic. You're overworked. Your husband is busy. He's not home. Go home and ake a nap'. It was very offensive," said Mrs. McCain.

When she was finally accurately diagnosed in her late 30's, Mrs. McCain learned her triggers were some common ones, including weather changes with the barometric pressure, and certain scents, perfume being a special problem.
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Migraine,Money,Holidays

September 24th 2009 22:08

Holiday Overload

So many are feeling the pinch of the economy. With the holidays coming, they will feel it even more. See what you can not to let this stress you out and possibly increase migraine, migraine attacks in your life.
Keep things simple. Let family and friends know that this season, you'd like to keep things simple this year. Quality of time together, rather than quantity of gifts and expenses.
I think this is good for anyone who copes with migraine, no matter what their money situation is...keeping the holidays simple. Why risk not being able to enjoy them at all?

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Winners Of 2009 Research Grants Announced By Migraine Research Foundation

September 21st 2009 20:26

Winners Of 2009 Research Grants Announced By Migraine Research Foundation

07 Sep 2009

The Migraine Research Foundation (MRF), the only nonprofit organization devoted solely to funding migraine research, has announced the winners of the 2009 research grants. This year's grantees will explore such important areas as pediatric migraine, the genetic association between migraine and cardiovascular events, and why opioids enhance migraine pain.

The six grants, totaling $300,000, were selected by MRF and its distinguished medical advisory board from an unprecedented 34 proposals from 5 countries. "We were delighted with the depth and breadth of the work represented by these proposals. This is a testament to the enthusiasm and intellect of our researchers today," said Cathy Glaser, co-founder and President of MRF. "To date, we've given $700,000 to some of the most promising investigators to move the science of migraine forward - and we know they're going to make a difference."

Migraine affects more than 30 million Americans - nearly 1 in 4 households - and ranks in the top 20 of the world's most disabling medical illnesses. Yet despite the widespread prevalence and the serious effects on individuals, family and society, research into its causes and treatments is sorely lacking. MRF provides annual research grants to scientists to explore new avenues in migraine and to encourage new researchers to enter the field.

The six MRF grant recipients and their research are:
Yu-Qing Cao, Ph.D, Washington University Pain Center, St. Louis, MO The Effects of Calcium Channel Mutations on Trigeminal Ganglion Neurons Innervating the Dura

Teresa Esposito, Ph.D, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Naples, Italy The Role of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptor Genen Migraine

Golda Ginsburg, Ph.D, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD A Pilot Study of Family-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Treating Chronic Pediatric Headache/Migraine and Comorbid Anxiety

Richard Kraig, MD, Ph.D, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL Microglia and Cytokines Modulate Chronic Migraine

Markus Schürks, MD, MSc & Tobias Kurth, MD, ScD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Identification of Genetic Determinants of the Association Between Migraine and Cardiovascular Events: A Genome-Wide Association Study

Julie Wieseler, Ph.D & Linda Watkins, Ph.D, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO Why Opioids Enhance Migraine Pain: The Puzzle Points to Glia
"This year's recipients continue to demonstrate the highly innovative thinking which MRF has encouraged since its founding. The medical community is grateful to the foundation and the investigators it supports," said Dr. Joel Saper, founder of the Michigan Head Pain & Neurological Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, and Chair of MRF's medical advisory board.

The MRF medical advisory board of distinguished scientists, chaired by Dr. Saper, also includes Dr. Rami Burstein (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA), Dr. F. Michael Cutrer (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN), Dr. David W. Dodick (Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ and President-Elect of the American Headache Society), Dr. Peter J. Goadsby (University of California at San Francisco, CA), Dr. Richard Lipton (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY), Dr. Fred Sheftell (New England Center for Headache, Stamford, CT and President of the American Headache Society), and Dr. Stephen D. Silberstein (Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA).
bout the Migraine Research Foundation:
The Migraine Research Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to ending the debilitating pain of migraine by funding research into its causes, better treatment options and ultimately, to find a cure.

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Samuel Yates
Migraine Research Foundation

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Comment by Marjorie Farrington on July 29, 2009 at 4:03pm
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Recent studies suggest that up to 90% of "sinus headaches" are migraines.The confusion occurs in part because migraine involves activation of the trigeminal nerves which innervate both the sinus region but also the meninges which surround the brain. As a result, direct determination of the site of pain origination can be confused on a cortical level. Additionally, nasal congestion is not an uncommon result of migraine headaches. A study found that patients with "sinus headache" respond to triptan migraine medications, and state dissatisfaction with their treatment when they are treated with decongestants or antibiotics.
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Acupuncture may ease chronic headaches
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Acupuncture may bring some added pain relief to people with chronic headaches, a new study suggests.

The study, the largest to date on using acupuncture to ease headaches, adds to a conflicting body of evidence: Some research has suggested that adding acupuncture to standard headache medication brings patients additional pain relief; other studies, however, have found that "sham" acupuncture -- using blunted needles that do not pierce the skin -- is as effective as the real thing.

Those latter studies call into question the true effectiveness of acupuncture.

Acupuncture may bring some added pain relief to people with chronic headaches, a new study suggests.

For the current study, published in the journal Cephalalgia, German researchers followed more than 15,000 adults with chronic headaches; all had been suffering from either migraine or tension-type headaches at least twice a month for 1 year or more.
Of these patients, nearly 3,200 agreed to be randomly assigned to either have acupuncture added to their regular therapy or to stay with their usual care alone. The rest of the patients began on acupuncture treatment.

All of the acupuncture patients received up to 15 sessions over 3 months, and all study patients were reassessed after 6 months.

In the end, the study found, acupuncture patients reported greater pain improvements than those who stayed with their usual care only. At the outset, they reported an average of 8.4 headache days over 3 months; that dropped to 4.7 by the study's end.

In the usual care only group, the average number of headache days remained virtually the same: 8.1 days initially, and 7.5 days at the end of the study.
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Beauty and Beast

September 3rd 2009 21:10

Beauty and Beast

Fall, what an appropriate name. I love the colors it brings, the smell in the air, the feeling of the change of the season. Anticipation of the holidays right around the corner

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