Experts from the International Headache Society (IHS) have developed new recommendations for conduct of acute and preventive migraine clinical trials. The third edition of Migraine Clinical Trials Guidelines is now available in the IHS journal Cephalalgia, which is published by SAGE…
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Filed under: Headache / Migraine on January 26th, 2012 | No Comments »
More than half a million children in the U.S. sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) every year. Adults who suffer TBI often report headaches afterward, but little is known about how often children suffer headaches after similar injuries…
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Filed under: Headache / Migraine on December 7th, 2011 | No Comments »
Headaches, a virtually universal human complaint at one time or another, are among the top reasons for medical evacuation of military personnel from Iraq and Afghanistan, and for ongoing depletion of active-duty ranks in those countries, according to research led by Johns Hopkins specialists…
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Filed under: Headache / Migraine on October 14th, 2011 | No Comments »
Although exercise is often prescribed as a treatment for migraine, there has not previously been sufficient scientific evidence that it really works. However, research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has now shown that exercise is just as good as drugs at preventing migraines…
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Filed under: Headache / Migraine on October 11th, 2011 | No Comments »
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, announced it has received the industry’s first and only regulatory approval for the use of an implanted neurostimulation device for patients with intractable chronic migraine…
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Filed under: Headache / Migraine on September 8th, 2011 | No Comments »
In a move that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) turned down earlier this year based on a lack of evidence that it actually works, St. Jude Medical has won European CE regulatory approval for the use of its implanted neurostimulation device for patients with severe chronic migraine headaches…
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Filed under: Headache / Migraine on September 8th, 2011 | No Comments »
Cluster headache has a substantial detrimental effect on quality of life. New invasive procedures, such as hypothalamic deep brain stimulation and bilateral occipital nerve stimulation, may help patients with chronic refractory headache…
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Filed under: Headache / Migraine on August 25th, 2011 | No Comments »
CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, announced that it has received clearance to proceed with clinical studies of lasmiditan (formerly known as COL-144) under IND 103,420 from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
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Filed under: Headache / Migraine on August 19th, 2011 | No Comments »
Recurring headaches are common during the year following a traumatic brain injury (TBI), regardless of the severity of the TBI, and they tend to occur more often among females and those with a pre-TBI history of headache, according to an article in Journal of Neurotrauma, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The […]
Filed under: Headache / Migraine on August 19th, 2011 | No Comments »
The publication of SUMAVEL DosePro (sumatriptan injection) Needle-free Delivery system Phase 4 clinical study results were announced by Zogenix, Inc., a pharmaceutical company commercializing and developing products for the treatment of central nervous system disorders and pain. SAMUVEL was found to be an important treatment option for those with rapid-onset migraine attacks…
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Filed under: Headache / Migraine on August 6th, 2011 | No Comments »