Migraine's link to heart problems?People who suffer from chest pain are more likely to experience migraine headaches, according to a study presented last week at the American Heart Association's meeting in Santa Fe, N.M. Kathryn M. Rose of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Also known as The University of North Carolina, Carolina, North Carolina, or simply UNC and her colleagues studied 12,466 men and women and found that people who reported at least two attacks of angina were more likely to have suffered from migraine headaches. Angina is the pain that results when the arteries supplying the heart with blood constrict con·strict v. To make smaller or narrower, especially by binding or squeezing. or are blocked. Migraines are caused by the narrowing of blood vessels Blood vessels Tubular channels for blood transport, of which there are three principal types: arteries, capillaries, and veins. Only the larger arteries and veins in the body bear distinct names. leading to the brain. The researchers don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. whether the link occurs by coincidence or whether the conditions stem from similar causes, says Rose. |
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