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Swine Flu - H1N1 influenza

Swine flu is the common name given to a relatively new strain of influenza (flu) that caused a flu pandemic in 2009-2010. It is also referred to as H1N1 influenza (because it is the H1N1 strain of...

Syphilis

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochetal bacteria Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. The primary route of transmission of syphilis is through sexual contact however...

Medication Overuse Headache in School-Aged Children

Mediaction overuse headache is fairly common in adults, but little is know about its prevalence in children and adolescents. Just how common is it in this age group? Headache

Cannabinoids and Hallucinogens for Headache

This interesting review offers historical perspective on the use of hallucinogens and cannabinoids for headache, while exploring their possible neurobiological mechanisms for headache relief. Headac...

Headache Disorders in Children and Adolescents

This cross-sectional study examined the psychosocial and environmental factors that might contribute to headache disorders in children and adolescents. Headache

Lightning Linked To Some Headaches, Migraines

University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have found that lightning may affect the onset of headache and migraines. These results, published in the online edition of the journal Cephalalgia, are the f...

Headache And Migraine Leaders To Address Growing Issue Of Traumatic Brain Injury In Teen Athletes And U.S. Military Forces

Hundreds of headache, migraine and brain injury specialists will take a close look at traumatic brain injury (TBI) and its prevention and treatment, as well as at a range of headache/migraine-related...

University of Michigan Physician Wins National Headache Foundation Special Lectureship

CHICAGO, Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Headache Foundation is pleased to announce that Wade M. Cooper, D.O., of the University of Michigan Headache and Neuropathic Pain Cl...

Overuse of painkillers could be cause of headache, warns NICE

Overuse of analgesics should be considered as a possible cause of headache, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence...

Is there such a thing as 'airplane headache'?

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Flying is a headache for most people, but for some that figure of speech becomes literal, researchers say.

Up-regulation of endothelial endothelin-1 expression prior to vasogenic edema formation in the rat piriform cortex following status epilepticus.

Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is one of potential factors to induce vasogenic edema formation, since exogenous ET-1 treatment decreases aquaporin 4 (AQP4) expression and increases chemokines induction. To ident...

Postpartum headache.

Headache is a common puerperal complaint. A wide variety of factors can be involved, ranging from hormonal shifts, physiological changes, and peripartum procedures that may precipitate, worsen, or cau...

Interleukin-18 attenuates disruption of brain-blood barrier induced by status epilepticus within the rat piriform cortex in interferon-γ independent pathway.

Status epilepticus increases brain-blood barrier (BBB) permeability leading to vasogenic edema. This BBB disruption is usually confined within relatively limited cerebral regions including the pirifor...

Airplane headache: a further case report of a young man.

Headache with normal examinations and imaging, occurring during an airplane flight has been rarely reported. We present a young patient with a new type of headache that appeared during flights: take-o...

'Airplane headache' or flight-related headache?