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headachePain felt within the skull. Most headaches are caused by stress or tension, but some may be symptoms of brain or systemic disease, including fever. Chronic daily headache may be caused by painkiller misuse, according to the European Headache Foundation in 1996. People who take daily analgesics to treat chronic headaches may actually be causing the headaches by doing so. See also migraine. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Ernestina Saxton, director of UCLA's Comprehensive Headache and Migraine Pain Program. The results from studies in headache and migraine are sometimes difficult to interpret because of confounding factors such as the simultaneous use of other migraine medications, as well as the high placebo response rates that are common to pain trials in general," said David W. Headache Guide Teri Robert Recognized for Advocacy on Behalf of Headache and Migraine Sufferers |
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