Headache
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Dr. Kunkel, a former president and member of the American Headache Society from its most formative days, shares some personal recollections about the emergence of the society from a small group of like-minded individuals through to its period of rapid growth in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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To describe the magnitude and distribution of the public health problem posed by migraine in the United States by examining migraine prevalence, attack frequency, and attack-related disability by gender, age, race, household income, geographic region, and urban vs rural residence. ⋯ A projection to the US population suggests that 8.7 million females and 2.6 million males suffer from migraine headache with moderate to severe disability. Of these, 3.4 million females and 1.1 million males experience 1 or more attacks per month. Females between ages 30 and 49 years from lower-income households are at especially high risk of having migraines and are more likely than other groups to use emergency care services for their acute condition.
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Historical Article
Migraine genetics: a fascinating journey towards improved migraine therapy.
The study of migraine genetics promises to deliver significant changes to migraine therapy. Dr. Ferrari explores the emergence of the field and its importance to headache medicine.