context migraine is a kind of primary headache that affects 10% to 20% of people worldwide. recent studies have shown that migraines can be involved in strokes incidences, especially ischemic strokes.hence, the current study aimed to review evidence in relation to migraine and risk of stroke. evidence acquisition a literature search was done for related articles dated between 1993 and 2013 on p...

background: the prevalence of migraine headaches significantly increased in girls after menarche. this indicated that there is a closely relation between hormonal changes especially the estrogen level with migraine headaches. objectives: the aim of this work was to determine the frequency of migraine and its associated factors in medical students affected with premenstrual syndrome (pms). mater...

abstract several medications have been proposed as the first line drugs in the treatment of migraine attack. however, the low efficacy, potential complications of medications and the intolerance of some patients for oral route due to nausea and vomiting establish a difficult situation in some migraine patients. this report describes a dramatic pain relief with 60 mg of intravenous propofol in a...

background: migraine and irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) are chronic conditions that seem to share common pathophysiological aspects. objectives: our study aimed to estimate the prevalence of ibs in an iranian migraine population, investigate its association with headache's characteristics and depression. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was done in a tertiary hospital clin...

conclusions results of this study showed that c. sativum fruit is efficient in reduction of the duration and frequency of migraine attacks and in diminishing pain degree. results of 68 patients randomized, 66 were included in analysis. the generalized estimating equations analysis showed that the coriander fruit syrup decreased duration, severity and frequency of migraine, in the intervention g...

background: association between helicobacter pylori (hp) infection and migraine and the effect of hp eradication on relief of migraine headache have been studied but the results are controversial. objectives: to evaluate the effect of hp eradication in treatment of patients affected by migraine. materials and methods: eighty consecutive hp infected patients affected by migraine without aura wer...

epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders which a physician might come across in his career life. on the other hand, migraine is common disorders in society chronic headache such as migraine in epileptic patients give ride to difficulties in seizure treatment due to altering the sleeping pattern and calmness disarrangement. therefore, early diagnosis and suitable treatment in ep...

OBJECTIVE To describe the relationship between mood/anxiety disorders and migraine headaches emphasizing the frequency of episodes based in a cross-sectional analysis in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health. BACKGROUND It has been suggested that frequency of migraine headaches can be directly associated with the presence of psychiatric disorders. METHODS Migraine headaches (Inte...