By most people, double-jointedness is seen as a common, harmless condition. But Vincent Martin, MD, UC Health physician and headache expert, says extreme double-jointedness could be the precursor and cause of excruciating migraines and other problems. A recently published study by Martin and colleagues, including Brad Tinkle, MD, PhD, from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, […]
Roughly 15% of children suffer from migraines, and approximately one-third of these affected children have migraines with aura – a collection of symptoms that can include weakness, blind spots, and even hallucinations. Although the causes of migraines are unclear, a new study soon to be published in The Journal of Pediatrics suggests a connection between […]
Recent work, especially in the CAMERA study, used MRI to study the brains of migraine sufferers and has shown that a higher proportion of these patients exhibit lesions of the brain microvessels than the rest of the population. The results of this original study were published in the journal, BMJ, as an open access article. […]
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