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Migraine may boost heart, stroke risks
In a new study, women who suffered from migraine with aura who also had a specific gene variant had more than three times the risk of cardiovascular disease and four times the risk of stroke than women without migraines or the gene variant. Researchers say the variant by itself does not appear to increase these risks, but that there does appear to be a connection between the gene and migraine with aura. Until further studies are completed, investigators say young women who have these headaches should avoid smoking and consider birth control pill alternatives, two factors that can also boost heart risks.
(Ivanhoe) UPDATED 07/29/2008Click here to read the full story
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