Tag: migraine

Conditions & Treatment

Get Rid of Your Migraine Headaches with Acupuncture

Don’t you wish you could get rid of your migraines? You are not alone. In the United States and Great Britain, headaches and migraines account for 20% of all visits to a Neurologist. Acupuncture can help you have more pain-free days. One of my patients says on Yelp, I have not had a single migraine since we began…

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Modulation of brainstem activity and connectivity by respiratory-gated auricular vagal afferent nerve stimulation in migraine patients.

If this is a repeat post on this article, my apologies, but I couldn’t seem to find it in the archive so am reposting.  Full article here Pain. 2017 Aug;158(8):1461-1472. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000930. Modulation of brainstem activity and connectivity by respiratory-gated auricular vagal afferent nerve stimulation in migraine patients. Garcia RG1, Lin RL, Lee J, Kim…

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Migraine and Heart Rate Variability: Autonomic Impairment in Migraine Patients

“Reduced parasympathetic activity with sympathetic predominance was found in migraine patients during the night period, most affected being migraine with aura patients.” Interesting to see.  Some migraine patients I see, indeed, have a high baseline stress level.  But not certainly not all.   Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2015 Oct;19(20):3922-7. Autonomic impairment in patients with…

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