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Cluster headaches

A reader’s brother, who is in his 60s, has suffered from excruciatingly painful cluster headaches for the past few years. more »

Case study

A 51-year-old woman came to see me with menopausal symptoms. Since then, she had suffered frequent migraine attacks with nausea and vomiting, and leg cramps; her contact lenses had begun to hurt her e... more »

Ways to deal with Migraines

Many people suffer all their lives with this severe type of headache, which can last for hours or even days. Often starting on one side of the head, it causes severe pain and problems with light. more »

Supporting the spine

Migraine sufferers often report neck pain, tender neck joints and limited neck movement. A high percentage of migraine sufferers improve with chiropractic and other forms of spinal manipulation more »

Keeping headaches at bay without drugs

More than a headache, a migraine is a serious problem affecting millions of people worldwide - women three times more frequently than men. It is estimated that as much as 25-30 per cent of the female... more »

Herbal helpers

A few herbs have been shown to benefit migraine sufferers. * Feverfew. This herb (Tanacetum parthenium) is probably the most effective plant for preventing migraine. more »

Teenage pill tragedy

My darling daughter Caroline, aged 14, started having health problems in October 1991 (numbness in face, speech affected, loss of sight, tingling in hands and slight headache), which our GP diagno ... more »

A head full of horrors

Medicine throws a cocktail of drugs at migraine, with questionable benefits, when many practitioners have proved that a change of diet can often cure it forever. ... more »

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3 Nov 2009 | Lynne McTaggart - Wh... (jowddty)

The poisoned generation

Perhaps the most underappreciated health scandal in modern times is the fact that, every day, we are all subjected to some 80,000 drugs—virtually all of which have not undergone a single regulat... more »

23 Oct 2009 | Health from your Gar... (bshubbard)

Your good health is down to yo...

One thing is sure in this world:  only you can establish total wellness and health. Unless you want it, and are sufficiently motivated to gain it and keep it, no amount of outside support will su... more »

1 Oct 2009 | Lynne McTaggart - Wh... (jowddty)

DNA: it's not destiny

When we become ill, most of us lay the blame at the feet of our ancestors: my heart problem is like dad’s, who had a dicky ticker; I’m likely to get breast cancer because it’s what m... more »

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Re: glioblastoma multiforme

Dear Jenny, The New York Times published an article about a week ago describing a promising experimental treatment.  The physician is Dr. Howard Riina at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell &... more »

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Karen, I note your comment that Xifaxin has been helpful.  The wisdom in the alternative medical community is that infestation in the gut can be a side effect of antibiotic treatment:  The a... more »

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Re: Lung Cancer

KiwiGal: I'm sorry your friend is in trouble, but I'm just wondering on what scale you rate intelligence: there will be quite a few on this site who would not consider it intelligent to go for... more »

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