{"id":2147,"date":"2005-01-18T10:15:21","date_gmt":"2005-01-18T14:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yummy-wakame.com\/archives\/2005\/01\/18\/\/"},"modified":"2005-01-18T10:15:21","modified_gmt":"2005-01-18T14:15:21","slug":"2147","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/2005\/01\/2147\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For sufferers of severe migranes, there is a possible new cure&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/headache.jpg\" alt=\"migrane\" class=\"oldblogthumb\" \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/health\/4180455.stm\" rel=\"external\">Migraine linked to heart defect<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong>A new study, the first trial of its kind, is looking into the possible link between migraines and a hole in the heart.<\/strong> If successful, it could be the most significant development in treatment for over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>One in four people have a valve-like hole, which can be closed using straight-forward keyhole surgery, but it is twice as common among a type of migraine sufferer. The theory is that closing this hole will ensure blood going through the heart is always filtered through the lungs on the way to the brain &#8211; thus removing chemicals that are thought to play a role in causing migraine. The operation takes less than an hour and is carried out under light general anaesthetic.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers are now looking for volunteers who suffer migraines with aura &#8211; one of the most severe types of the condition. People who experience severe migraine are invited to participate in a study. More information is available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.migraine.org.uk\/\" rel=\"external\"><strong>Migraine Action Association<\/strong><\/a>, call <strong>0870 050 5898<\/strong> or  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.migraine-mist.org\/\" rel=\"external\"><strong>MIST<\/strong><\/a>. There is with with no obligation to sign up to the study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For sufferers of severe migranes, there is a possible new cure&#8230; Migraine linked to heart defectA new study, the first trial of its kind, is looking into the possible link between migraines and a hole in the heart. If successful, it could be the most significant development in treatment for over a decade. One in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogalog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}