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Treatment may stop migraines before they start

(KNBC.com) UPDATED 2008-03-26
Dr. Bruce Hensel discusses a new non-drug treatment that may stop migraine pain before it starts. Doctors first use a magnetic resonance imaging scan to find migraine 'trouble spots' in the brain. Then a procedure known as a transcranial magnetic stimulation is aimed at these areas. In one study, 32 percent of participants had no migraine symptoms after one treatment with transcranial magnetic stimulation. This article also contains a video about the treatment.  Read full story >
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