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shared by Mars Base on 13 Feb 13 - No Cached

The study found a shocking 31 percent increase of the risk of headache and a 28 percent increased risk of migraine for chronic headache sufferers on days that lightning struck within 25 miles (40 kilometers) of their homes
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Furthermore, new-onset headaches and migraines increased by 24 percent and 23 percent, respectively
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new study is the first to show a correlation between lightning and associated weather phenomena and the squalls in our heads
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results “suggest that lightning has its own unique effect on headache
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how exactly lightning might trigger headaches
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there are a number of possible explanations
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Electromagnetic waves emitted from lightning could trigger headaches
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lightning produces increases in air pollutants like ozone, and can cause release of fungal spores that might lead to migraine
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while the study sheds light on the apparent link between lightning and headaches, “the exact mechanisms through which lightning and/or its associated meteorologic factors trigger headache are unknown
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One whiff of a plant known as the headache tree can spur intense, excruciating pain — and now scientists know why
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An ingredient in the tree sets off a chain of events that eventually amps up blood flow to the brain’s outer membrane.
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Other headache triggers
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interact with some of the same cellular machinery, suggesting they all work via the same pain-inducing mechanism
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an international group of researchers extracted the plant compound umbellulone from dried bay laurel leaves
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Umbellulone tickles the same cellular detector that responds to painfully cold stimuli and the sinus-clearing scent of wasabi and mustard oil
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triggers the release of a particular protein implicated in migraine headaches
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This protein prompts blood vessels to swell
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shared by Mars Base on 23 Mar 14 - No Cached

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In 1886, the first batch of Coca Cola was brewed over a fire in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. John Pemberton had created the concoction as a cure for "hangover," stomach ache and headache. He advertised it as a "brain tonic and intellectual beverage," and first sold it to the public a few weeks later on 8 May. Coke contained cocaine as an ingredient until 1904, when the drug was banned by Congress.
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