MRF Grant Recipient Publishes

This news flash just landed in my email Inbox. Ann Scher, a 2007 Migraine Research Foundation grant recipient, published the results of her research in the June 24th issue of JAMA. Ann and her colleagues studied the incidence of late-in-life brain infarcts among Icelandic men and women who reported migraine in mid-life.
Most important, the researcher [...]

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Comments

Hi all,
Just a quick note on which comments I will not approve.

Comments that promote or even mention products that promise Migraine relief or cures. This excludes products or medications that are undergoing or have undergone randomized, double-blind studies. Studies must have been published in peer-reviewed journals. recognized by the medical community.
Comments that are intended to [...]

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The Body Broken: A Review

Lynne Greenberg has done an amazing job writing about her relationship with chronic pain! My words can not do it justice. Lynne uses poetry to convey the emotion and the metaphors connected to her life with pain. Milton’s Paradise Lost is apt.
Her paradise lost was a promising career as a professor of English (17th century poetry is [...]

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Botox Safety and Other News

May 1, 2009 (Wow May already!) Early in 2008 Botox was associated with serious respiratory side effects and even death. Therefore, the FDA is revising the safety warnings and requiring a “Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy” or REMS on the packaging.The drug is used for a variety of conditions including cosmetic enhancement, treatment of blepharospasm [...]

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Partnering with your Physician

Although this video is short, it has some value for headache/migraine sufferers who are unable to control their headaches/migraines by themselves.

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