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It’s that time of month for the Headache & Migraine Disease Blog Carnival!  This month’s topic - Coping strategies for migraine.  There’s quite an eclectic set of posts, as always.  Not only are there some articles […]

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A world where you can inject yourself without a needle?  Well, we’re one step closer.
I’ve injected myself with medication - maybe you have too.  There are few things worse, in my opinion, than asking someone with a migraine attack to poke something sharp into her/his skin.  But the technology is progressing through the system - […]

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Back in early 2006 I wrote about a new class of migraine drugs that was in the testing phases.  It’s called a gap junction blocker, and the drug being tested is called tonabersat.  It’s time for an update!
A major phase of the clinical trials have been completed for tonabersat.  The results were encouraging, and reason […]

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The MIST I and II trials have been the centre of a lot of controversy.  You might not remember the name, but you may remember the treatment.  Some people have a patent foramen ovale (PFO), which is an opening in the heart.  A simple operation is able to close this opening, and some people have […]

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Is your insurance really a help, or not?  I was curious to find out how much of your treatment and medication is actually covered.  You answered by taking our poll!  Here’s what you said:
Q: How much of your treatment has your insurance covered?

Thanks for your responses!  Quite a few of you have (amazingly) gotten full […]

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Since my last post regarding CFLs (Compact Fluorescent Lights), there has been a media frenzy on the topic. My news reader has been inundated (flooded, taken over, buried in) with passionate stories about the energy-saving bulbs. So I think it’s time to step back, take a deep breath, and get some perspective.
First, here’s […]

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I appreciated this post on CFLs (no, not the Canadian Football League - Compact Fluorescent Lights) from Somebody Heal Me. I think this is a topic that has snuck up on a lot of us, and this is a great reminder to think about it.
For years people with migraine or headache have complained about […]

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