JO ELVIN: Has 'gymnast chalk' cured my migraines?
JO ELVIN: Five years ago, I started adding a teaspoon of flavourless, powdered magnesium to a glass of water an hour before bed, and drinking it and within three months I had fewer migraines.
JO ELVIN: Five years ago, I started adding a teaspoon of flavourless, powdered magnesium to a glass of water an hour before bed, and drinking it and within three months I had fewer migraines.
The DIY jab that stops migraines before they start and could save 10,000 patients repeated hospital visits Previously anti-migraine medicine had to be injected by a doctor or a nurse This new development allows patients to self-administer the treatment A special home use injection pen device patients to administer the drug ahead of a migraine … Read more
The ‘Epipen’ that stops migraines before they start and could save 10,000 patients repeated hospital visits Previously anti-migraine medicine had to be injected by a doctor or a nurse This new development allows patients to self-administer the treatment A special epi-pen allows patients to administer the drug ahead of a migraine Ted Rowntree, 26, who … Read more
A mother-to-be’s life was saved by her unborn baby after doctors discovered a rare form of rare cancer in her salivary glands. Jade Palmer, 27, from Cardiff, was pregnant with her second child when she started suffering from painful migraines. She raised the issue with her doctors during her pre-natal checks – but they couldn’t find … Read more
Downward dog can relieve migraines: People who do yoga regularly have fewer, less painful headaches, study shows Researchers studied 114 adult individuals who were regular migraine sufferers Half were given medication while the other group were prescribed yoga as well Both groups’ headaches improved over the following three months of the study However, the yoga group … Read more
The feeling is ‘as if your head is shut in a vice, with hundreds of worms crawling around inside your skull’, says migraine sufferer Donna Cox, describing her attacks. ‘It’s like your whole brain is on the move and all the time there is this utterly unbearable pain,’ adds the 57-year-old, who lives in Grimsby, … Read more
Acupuncture is up to four times better at easing migraines than drugs, new study suggests Patients given acupuncture suffer two fewer migraines a month, study finds Dr Heather Angus-Leppan says it is ‘an acceptable evidence – based treatment’ Study used acupuncture along with ‘sham’ test and usual migraine treatments By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:40 … Read more
Smartphone users who suffer from regular headaches and migraines use more painkillers but find less relief, study shows Researchers surveyed 400 people who get headaches or migraines regularly The team asked the participants to detail their device and painkiller usage Smartphone users tend to take nearly twice as many pills as non-users However, they appear to … Read more