[tri-med] FYI - Some migraines indicate higher stroke risk, study finds

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http://edition.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/04/28/migraines.stroke.reut/index.html
Some migraines indicate higher stroke risk, study finds
Thursday, April 29, 2004 Posted: 1850 GMT (0250 HKT) 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Women who get migraines with a characteristic "aura" 
have a higher risk of stroke than women who do not suffer from this kind of 
debilitating headache, U.S. researchers reported.

Women who suffer migraines without an aura -- described as a glowing effect 
around objects as the headache develops -- do not seem to have a higher stroke 
risk, the researchers said Tuesday.

The women with aura migraines had a 50 percent increased risk of total stroke 
and 70 percent higher risk of ischemic stroke -- the kind caused by a blockage, 
the researchers told a meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in San 
Francisco.

Dr. Tobias Kurth of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in 
Boston and colleagues analyzed the records of 40,000 women in the Women's 
Health Study, an ongoing trial examining the effects of aspirin and vitamin E 
on heart disease and cancer.

Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States, affecting 
700,000 people in 2003 and killing 170,000

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