Archive for 2016

A few kinds of visual disturbance common with migraine aura

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Most of the time at least part of my visual field is continuous TV-static-like tiny flickering dots. Sometimes it expands to cover my entire visual field. This is officially called visual snow. I always thought it was part of my migraines. Perhaps it is. But it turns out that visual snow can occur independently of […]

GLP-2 and leptin are associated with hyperinsulinemia in non-obese female migraineurs.

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GLP-2 and leptin are associated with hyperinsulinemia in non-obese female migraineurs. Hyperinsulinemia is a condition in which there are excess levels of insulin circulating in the blood relative to the level of glucose. While it is often mistaken for diabetes or hyperglycaemia, hyperinsulinemia can result from a variety of metabolic diseases and conditions. [wikipedia] Typically, […]

A reminder of why I sound really bitter about pharma sometimes

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Fake acupuncture works about as well as real acupuncture for migraine which works as well as or better than standard migraine treatments. Which is to say, we are utterly shit at treating migraine and at least acupuncture won’t make you gain weight/lose weight/lose the ability to speak/make you suicidal/destroy your digestive system/make you stupid/etc. Also, […]