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Migraine Disease and Cardiovascular Diseases
MAGNUM teams with Help for Headaches and Migraine to bring you this article:
Studies have shown that Migraineurs are at increased risk for stroke and heart attack. Please take some time to read up on this, then talk to your doctor about managing your risk factors. There is a great deal we can do to prevent strokes and heart attacks.
by health writer and patient advocate
Teri Robert |
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Migraine and Stroke Risk: What Did the Studies Say? An interesting paper has been published
that pulls together data from 14 studies, correlating and analyzing the
data to offer a more conclusive overall picture. "Risk of ischaemic
stroke in people with migraine: systematic review and meta-analysis of
observational studies" uses data from studies conducted between 1966 and
June of 2004, that examined the association between migraine and risk of
ischemic stroke...
Continue reading. Migraine With Aura Linked to Cardiovascular Disease in Women Over the last few years, there has been
a great deal of discussion regarding Migraine disease and increased risk
of stroke. There had not been, however, sufficient study of Migraine and
cardiovascular disease (CVD) to either acknowledge or dismiss any
connection between Migraine and CVD. Now, thanks to the Women's Health
Study, which was conducted by the National Institutes of Health and
followed various aspects of the participants' health for 10 years, there
is new information surfacing...
Continue reading. Migraine Disease Linked To Cardiovascular Disease in Men Over the last few years, there has been a great deal of discussion regarding Migraine disease and increased risk of stroke. There had not been, however, sufficient study of Migraine and cardiovascular disease (CVD) to either acknowledge or dismiss any connection between Migraine and CVD. Earlier this year (2006), information surfaced that provides compelling evidence of increased risk of cardiovascular disease in women over 45 with Migraine with aura. Now information from the Physicians Health Study has shown a link between Migraine disease and cardiovascular disease in men... Continue reading. |
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