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Oxygen is being touted as a possible treatment for migraines and cluster headaches, according to researchers. According to this article, Oxygen therapy might ease pain of migraine, cluster headaches, the results of two studies showed that patients who received oxygen therapy had better pain relief than those who had a sham or placebo treatment.
Interesting idea.
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Thank you so much to all those who left comments to be entered into the give away for the book The Art of Body Maintenance: Winner’s Guide to Pain Relief, by Hal Blatman, MD, in the post Pain Relief book give away.
The winner is Stacy, who wrote on July 1, “I suffer from cluster headaches. I also for the last ten years or so have very bad pain in my left shoulder. I am hoping this book can shed some light on how to deal with this.” I sent Stacy an email so hopefully, I’ll be hearing from her soon.
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M is for magnet…and how this blog keeps drawing you back!
But seriously, M is for:
Migraine: Absolutely incredibly horrible head pain that can be accompanied by nausea, and inability to tolerate the light and many other sensations. Some good links for migraine information are:

Help for Headaches and Migraine Pain
American Headache Society
ClusterHeadaches.com

Metastasis: People who have cancer may hear this word but have no clue what it means. If someone’s cancer has metastisized, the cancer cells have spread to other parts of the body.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): This type of test gained popularity because it is an imaging test that does …read more

H is for…
Herniated discs: also called slipped discs, bulging discs or ruptured discs, they can happen anywhere along the spine, from the neck right down to the lower back.
H.pylori: It used to be thought that stomach ulcers were caused by stress and/or diet. Doctors now know that many ulcers are caused by a bacteria called helicobacter pylori, or H.pylori. If you’d like to read about H.pylori and its connection to ulcers, here are some links for you:

H. pylori and Peptic Ulcer
H. pylori infection – MayoClinic.com
Helicobacter pylori

Headaches: Most people get the odd headache every now and then. Unfortunately, many people …read more

I’m sure that most people who live with any type of chronic pain will agree that the best thing – other than a cure – is education. Education for those who are living with chronic pain, for those who live with and love those with pain, and those who treat them.
In an attempt to help people who live with migraines and other types of debilitating headaches, Lifting The Burden, the World Health Organization’s Global Campaign to Reduce the Burden of Headache Worldwide, has produced a series of five patient leaflets:
- What is migraine? – What is tension-type headache? – What …read more