New York, NY – The Migraine Research Foundation (MRF), a nonprofit devoted to funding ground-breaking research into the causes and better treatments of migraine disease, today announced its 2011 grant awards. The four grants were selected from 34 proposals submitted from around the world. This year’s grantees will explore innovative inquiries in the areas of chronic migraine treatment, genetic sequencing and basic science. In addition to these research projects, MRF has awarded a grant to award-winning filmmakers Jacki Ochs and Susanna Styron to help fund their feature-length documentary, The Migraine Project.

 For more on who received these grants see:Read more

Acupuncture May Be Effective for Migraines-Experts are divided.

Coloured spectacles, such as the ones worn by Johnny Depp, may help avoid Migraines.

Dr Elliot Shevel, founder and medical director of
The Headache Clinic, believes that the current International Headache Society’s classification of a migraine, based on symptoms, is wrong and should
be amended.
Specialists believe migraines originate from a
problem within the brain, and that there’s no muscle component in migraines. But Shevel says most migraines occur outside the brain and that pain comes from two structures– the muscles of the jaw and neck and the
arteries in the scalp.Read more

Acupuncture helps reduce days with migraines and may have lasting effects, according to a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.Read more

It's not known why Johnny Depp wears coloured lenses but they effectively damp down the effects of lights or patterns that trigger visual migraine.Read more

Building Australian & International Directory of Headache & Migraine experts

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We also welcome your recommendations for experts in Optometry, Neurology, Chiropractic, Physiotherapy, Specialist Dentistry, Ear-Nose & Throat specialists, Psycholgy, Dietians and other relevant fields.

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