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‘Local anaesthetic could help migraine sufferers’

Patients with hard-to-treat migraines could get some relief from a local anaesthetic, a new study suggests. There is currently no cure for migraines, though a range of treatments are offered to patients to help ease symptoms. But, for some, their ...

24 May 2022 at 00:30

Health & Wellbeing

Could my child be having migraines?

Despite being common, migraine is often still misunderstood – especially when it comes to children. “Children do get migraine. The youngest I have ever seen is 18 months, but the usual age range is between six and 15 years,” says consultant ...

05 Sept 2022 at 08:00

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Migraine Awareness Week: How to know if your child is suffering

05 Sept 2022 at 15:33

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Migraine Awareness Week: How to know if your child is suffering

05 Sept 2022 at 13:33

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New drugs approved to treat migraines and heart failure in Scotland

A new treatment for migraines has been approved for use on the NHS In Scotland in what has been hailed as a “positive step forward” for sufferers. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) approved rimegepant, also known ...

09 May 2023 at 17:27

Outgoing MP Dehenna Davison says migraine condition is ‘debilitating’

Levelling up minister Dehenna Davison says she quit parliament as her migraine condition left her struggling to fire “even one cylinder, let alone all of them”. The 30-year-old MP for Bishop Auckland said in a ...

24 Sept 2023 at 03:26

Health

Student saved from potential stroke after life-threatening blood clots missed by doctors were found thanks to eye test

A student who was diagnosed with life-threatening blood clots on the brain after waking up with blurred and double vision at Christmas last year, which could have resulted in a stroke if it had not been ...

26 Sept 2023 at 07:00

Levelling up minister Dehenna Davison quits due to chronic migraine

Levelling up minister Dehenna Davison has resigned from her role, citing an ongoing battle with chronic migraine. The MP for Bishop Auckland, in County Durham, said in a resignation letter to Prime ...

18 Sept 2023 at 13:31

Migraine pill to widen treatment options for 170,000 sufferers

The NHS spending watchdog has recommended a once-daily pill to treat migraines on the health service in England for the first time in a move that will provide more treatment options for some 170,...

11 Apr 2024 at 00:01

Thousands of migraine sufferers could benefit from drug on NHS

Thousands of people who suffer from migraines could benefit from a drug that has been approved on the NHS. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said it was recommending ...

25 Jan 2023 at 10:16

Migraine must be taken seriously as waiting times for treatment rise – charity

The time people are waiting to be treated for migraines has almost doubled in England, according to a new report, with a charity calling for the “debilitating and stigmatised” condition to be ...

25 Sept 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Blood cancer and migraine treatments among medicines approved for NHS use

New treatments for migraines and blood cancer are among the latest batch of medicines to have been approved for use in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), which advises on ...

11 Sept 2023 at 16:19

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