The question whether symptom-free migraine patients show cognitive impairments compared to matched control subjects is addressed, and also whether migraine patients show transient cognitive impairments induced by an attack. The Neuropsychological Evaluation System (NES2) was administered once in an interictal period and twice within 30 h after different migraine attacks. Since cognitive impairm...

Non-obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) which is mostly called cardiac syndrome X (CSX) is noted in about 30% of men and 40%-60% of women and seems to be incremental. In addition, frequent myocardial perfusion defects with various levels of severity are often seen in this disease. Recently, we noticed that the frequency of migraine in patients with CSX was noticeably higher than in health...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess psychometric properties of the six-item Headache Impact Text (HIT-6™) across episodic and chronic migraine. METHODS Using a migraine screener and number of headache days per month (HDPM), participants from the National Survey of Headache Impact (NSHI) study and the HIT-6 validation study (HIT6-V) were selected for this study. Eligible particip...

BACKGROUND Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) defines as any disorder in the process of sexual contact including 6 main domains, desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, orgasm satisfaction and pain. This study was conducted to evaluate prevalence of sexual dysfunction disorder in women with migraine headache and also find the associated factors related to migraine characteristics. METHODS A total ...

OBJECTIVE To assess physician-patient communication about headache-related disability and to evaluate the influence of information about disability on physicians' perceptions of illness severity and the treatment needs of migraineurs. BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that migraine is suboptimally treated in clinical practice, partly due to poor communication between physicians and their patients....

THE CLINICAL SYNDROME of migraine is estimated to affect 23 to 29% of women and 15 to 20% of men.' This very common condition is characterized by recurrent attacks of headache associated with photophobia, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, and other autonomic disturbances and frequently by striking focal neurological manifestations. The episodes are distinctly varied in frequency, severity, and durati...

BACKGROUND Migraine is a common, episodic and debilitating disease. The migraineur not only suffers from pain, but also lives with a diminished to poor quality of life. Several medicinal therapies are used to abate the debilitating symptoms of this disease. OBJECTIVE The present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of Ibuprofen and Lorazepam combination therapy in treating the s...

background: migraine is one of the most common headaches that affect 11% or more adult population. recently, researchers have designed two questionnaires, namely headache impact test (hit) and migraine disability assessment (midas), with the aim of improving migraine care. these two tests provide a standard measurement about migraine's effects on people's life style that divide patients into 4 ...

Migraine is a common neurological disorder with a significant genetic component. Although a number of linkage and association studies have been undertaken, the number and identity of all migraine susceptibility genes has yet to be defined. The existence of dopaminergic hypersensitivity in migraine has been recognised on a pharmacological basis and some studies have reported genetic association ...

OBJECTIVES To compare the interviewer-administered Quality of Well-being Scale (QWB) with a self-administered form (QWB-SA) for patients with migraine, and to compare the health status of migraineurs to other medical populations. BACKGROUND With the increasing need to document the cost-effectiveness of treatment for migraine, limitations with both the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 item...