24 Tips To Avoid A Migraine While Traveling
There is only one thing worse than a migraine and that’s a migraine attack while traveling. Travel...
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Category: Triggers & Causes
Does Fat Or Obesity Cause Migraine Attacks?
According to the US Centre for Disease Control (the CDC) more than 35% of US adults are obese and over 34% are overweight. This weight issue is three times more common today than in the previous generation. Weight is clearly something that affects most of us. But does it cause migraine, or make it worse?
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13 Treatments For Clenching or Grinding Related Headache
People who grind their teeth are three times likely to suffer from headaches. Clenching and grinding occur naturally when eating but when you clench or grind involuntarily and excessively throughout the night or during the day or both. Problems arise. Find out how to treat clenching and grinding and relieve your overworked jaw muscles and joints.
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15 Reasons Why You Wake Up With A Migraine
Almost half of all migraine attacks occur between 4 am and 9 am. Waking with a migraine or headache is common. The time of the attack can be an important clue in finding the appropriate cause, treatment and prevention. This article lists a number of potential causes, treatment and prevention strategies.
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The Microbiome-Gut-Brain Axis
What happens in our gut may have a profound impact on what happens in our brain. Researchers are edging closer to understanding how gut microbiota could potentially influence conditions like depression, autism, epilepsy and migraine. Animal studies have shown profound impacts on the way the microbiome can affect health and a range of conditions including autism, obesity and MS. Do these findings translate across into humans and what are the implications for us?
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How Much Is Too Much? Medication Overuse Headaches
If you experience daily migraine attacks or headaches, there is a 30%-50% chance you overuse acute medications. When that happens it may only be a matter of time before you become reliant on regular medications to feel “normal”. Medication overuse headaches trap millions of people each year, but only a fraction of those people are even aware of it. Find out how you can avoid it in this comprehensive guide.
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Toxic Ingredients Hiding In Your Food
The brain is generally resilient, but there are certain areas within the brain which are very sensitive. Excitotoxins disrupt the delicate chemical balance in the brain which can lead to serious side effects and neurodegenerative disease. Find out how these foods ingredients affect your brain and which foods you’re eating could be making your condition worse.
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Concussion, Whiplash & Migraine Related Injuries
Millions of people each year in the US suffer from head or neck injuries which can affect our migraine condition. Around 1 in 7 daily chronic headaches are due to head or neck injury. Concussion and whiplash are two of the most common head and neck injuries which often go unreported. People may feel fine right after the incident, but get worse later. You might be someone who experienced a concussion or whiplash and not even realised it.
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Brain Tumor or Migraine? The Remarkable Similarities That Catch Many By Surprise.
Brain tumors and migraine may share more in common than you think. Not only are a large number of symptoms the same but both can be difficult to diagnose. Inside is useful information to help you navigate through murky and potentially life threatening territory.
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Why Your Sinus Headache Is Almost Definitely A Migraine
If you’ve tried several over the counter sinus medications to relieve your sinus headaches with no luck there may be a good reason. 9 in 10 people with “sinus headache” are actually suffering from migraines according to a Sinus Allergy & Migraine Study (SAMS) shown at the 46th Annual Scientific Meeting held by the American Headache Society.
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Best Migraine Diet: What To Eat to Reduce Migraine?
Are you making your migraines worse? This article looks some of the most popular migraine diets and how successful they are likely to be in preventing more migraines.
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Migraine Triggers and Causes List
Discover the most common migraine triggers and causes which affect us.
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