Hand-Held Magnetic Device Relieves Migraines

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News About 40% of people with migraine pain who used a magnetic pulse treatment experienced relief from migraine headaches within two hours of onset that lasted for up to two days. The portable non-invasive, non-drug treatment did not worsen nausea or other common migraine aura symptoms—hyper-sensitivity to light or sound, or other sensory distortions—that often precede a migraine headaches. These are findings of a study, “Single-Pulse Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Acute Treatment of Migraine With Aura: a Randomised, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, Sham-Controlled Trial,” by . . .