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Entries for the ‘Headache / Migraine’ Category

Botox Helps Migraines "a Little"

Using botulinum toxin A (Botox) injections for chronic migraine sufferers helps them “a little”, and does not appear to be the amazing therapy some people believe or claim it to be, researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee reported …

Chronic Migraine Headache Sufferers Benefit Only Modestly From Botox Injections

A study published in the April 25 issue of JAMA reveals that individuals suffering from chronic migraine headaches and chronic daily headaches may receive a small to modest benefit using botulinum toxin A (“Botox”) injections. However, the researchers …

Migraine – The Enigma Of Trial Results

In order to find out the effect of acupuncture compared with sham acupuncture in treating migraines, a team of investigators carried out a randomized controlled human trial. 480 individuals at 9 hospitals in China who experienced migraines for over one…

Painful Migraines Linked To Higher Depression Risk

Individuals who have migraines have a higher chance of experiencing major depressive episodes, researchers from the University of Calgary, Canada, reported in the journal Headache. The authors added that the higher risk is there the other way round – t…

Europe May Have Less Headaches: New Neuro Migraine Device Approved

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…

St. Jude Medical Announces European Regulatory Approval Of First Implanted Neurostimulation Device To Treat Chronic Migraine

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. The comp…

CoLucid Pharmaceuticals Receives Clearance For Investigational New Drug (IND) Application For Lasmiditan For The Treatment Of Acute Migraine

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)…

Headaches Are Common In Year Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Especially Among Females

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 Jou…

Multiple Migraine Attacks – Promising Results For SUMAVEL DosePro Phase 4 Clinical Trial

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…