Ginger powder works as well as the drug sumatriptan for treatment of migraine headaches and with fewer side effects according to a double-blind study from Zanjan University Of Medical Sciences in Iran which randomly assigned 100 patients with acute migraine to receive either sumatriptan or ginger.

High satisfaction was reported by 88% of those given ginger versus 86% of those given sumatriptan.

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The number of patients reporting headaches fell 55% when they were taking Synthroid (T4 thyroid hormone) to 15% when they were switched to natural desiccated thyroid notes Mark Starr, MD in his wonderful book Mark Starr, MD talks about this in his wonderful book, Hypothyroidism, Type 2: The Epidemic. Read the entire article | Email this article

"[H]eadaches are more common and incapacitating in obese patients than [normal weight people]," according to a new study from Brazil. "[M]igraine is the most important diagnosis in this population." Read the entire article | Email this article

Obesity increases the risk of severe headaches according to research presented at the American Academy of Neurology 57th Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, Fla., April 9 - 16, 2005. Read the entire article | Email this article