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Help for migraine sufferers - Liverpool Daily Post 6th January 2010
"A SPECIAL event is taking place in Liverpool for people who suffer migraine.
Dr Nicholas Silver, a consultant neurologist from the Walton Centre, in Fazakerley, is hosting a meeting at Neurosupport, Norton Street, on January 20."
Police officers sue force over 'radio injuries' - Daily Telegraph 1st January 2010
"Police officers are preparing to sue their own force over a series of illnesses they claim were caused by the radio system they use while out on patrol. "
Scientists study possible health benefits of LSD and ecstacy - The Guardian 23rd October 2009
"Growing number of people taking psychedelic drugs to help them cope with conditions such as chronic anxiety attacks"
Acid experiences: LSD's effect on illness - The Guardian 23rd October 2009
"From the age of eight I suffered frequent and severe headaches, usually three or four a week, which caused acute and persistent pain and interfered with work and games alike. These persisted into adulthood."
How to: Prevent tension headaches - Daily Mail 14th July 2009
Tension-type headaches, as they are medically known, are often triggered by stress, which causes the muscles in the neck and temples to stiffen.
But Cawthorne Cooksey exercises can help reduce the pain, says Dr Andrew Dowson, clinical lead of East Kent Headache Services.
New patch gives migraine sufferers hope - Daily Mail 7th July 2009
A skin patch could help migraine sufferers avoid potential side-effects - as well as providing greater pain relief.
The patch contains sumatriptan, a drug which is currently used in pill form to treat the problem.
Space headache a real phenomenon - BBC Health News 2nd June 2009
Astronauts need to add space headache to their list of occupational hazards, say researchers.
After quizzing 17 seasoned astronauts they found more than two-thirds suffered from headaches on missions yet were headache free back on earth.
Do women suffer more intense pain than men? - Daily Mail 31st May 2009
It's an age-old debate that divides the sexes --do women feel pain more profoundly than men?
And now - although experts are still divided - new evidence is emerging that women may indeed be more long-suffering.
How changes in weather can give you a headache - The Independent 10th March 2009
Did you get a headache at the weekend? If so, scientists think they know why – it was the weather.
A rise in temperature or a fall in barometric pressure, which often accompanies a thunderstorm, may trigger a headache or migraine.
How changes in weather can give you a headache - The Independent 10th March 2009
Did you get a headache at the weekend? If so, scientists think they know why – it was the weather.
A rise in temperature or a fall in barometric pressure, which often accompanies a thunderstorm, may trigger a headache or migraine.
Hot weather 'can trigger a migraine' - The Telegraph 9th March 2009
Hot weather can trigger migraines and other debilitating types of head pain, a new study suggests.
Hot weather a migraine 'trigger' - BBC Health News 10th March 2009
A hot day can spell bad news for migraine sufferers, increasing their risk of an attack the next day, US research suggests.
The risk went up by 7.5% for every five degree Celsius increase in temperature revealed the study of more than 7,000 patients, published in Neurology.
'I have two headaches every day' - BBC Health News 1st March 2009
Every day for the past 20 years Mike Pollock has had at least two headaches, often three.
One day he had 15 separate headaches.
There is no cure and he has been in so much pain that he has considered suicide.
Two-minute inhaler treatment may ease the misery of migraine - Daily Mail 2nd January 2009
A new migraine treatment which uses a drug used to treat schizophrenia promises faster pain relief.
The treatment consists of a new type of inhaler which fires the drug directly into the lungs in just half a second. The drug is then active in the blood within two to five minutes.
Is curing your headache with acupuncture all in the mind? - Daily Mail 21st January 2009
Many swear it is as powerful as any headache pill – but the benefits of acupuncture could be all in the mind.
Researchers have found a fake treatment is as good as the real thing at relieving the pain of headaches.
Acupuncture 'works for headaches' - BBC Health News 21st January 2009
Traditional acupuncture is effective at preventing headaches, a scientific review finds - but so is a sham form.
The Cochrane Review reviewed 33 separate trials into acupuncture and its so-called "sham" counterpart.
The latter also involves the insertion of needles - but not into traditional "energy points".
Hormone headaches blight the lives of 5m women every month - Daily Mail 12th January 2009
At least five million women suffer 'hormone headaches' each month, according to researchers.
They said some get headaches lasting several days and have to plan their diaries around the pain.
Changes in sex hormones are blamed for the migraine-style attacks which some sufferers have endured for many years as part of their menstrual cycle.
Headache sufferers 'making pain worse by overusing painkillers' - The Telegraph 5th December 2008
Tens of thousands of headache sufferers are making their condition worse by taking painkillers needlessly, a leading neurologist has warned.
The new paracetamol which kills pain in just 15 minutes- Daily Mail 10th November 2008
A new type of paracetamol could provide pain relief in as little as 15 minutes.
The pill is a reinvention of the traditional paracetamol formula, which can take more than an hour to start working.
Britons spend £546 million on pain relief every year and paracetamol is the most popular product. But many find it slow-acting.
The 'revolutionary' migraine drugs that promise 'twice as many sufferers 24-hour relief' - Daily Mail 17th October 2008
A new class of fast-acting, long-lasting migraine drugs has been hailed as the future of migraine treatment.
Treatment for the condition has seen little improvement since the standard drugs – called triptans – were developed 15 years ago.
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