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Frequent migraines could cause brain damage

(Health and Age) UPDATED 2008-09-03

Researchers in the Netherlands have found that people who suffer frequent migraine headaches or who have a long history of migraines are at an increased risk of progressive brain damage. For the study, scientists selected 28 migraine patients and examined their brains with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). They found that patients who had more than three migraine attacks per month showed significantly more abnormalities than those who had less than three attacks per month. The same was true for patients with more than 15 years of migraine headaches. Read full story >

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