Lightning Linked To Onset Of Headache, Migraines
Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 16:20
in Health & Medicine
You know how your grandfather could tell a storm was coming by an ache in his knee? University of Cincinnati researchers say lightning may affect the onset of headache and migraines. Geoffrey Martin, fourth-year medical student, and his father Vincent Martin, MD, professor in the division of general internal medicine, led the study which showed that there was a 31 percent increased risk of headache and 28 percent increased risk of migraine for chronic headache sufferers on days lighting struck within 25 miles of study participant's homes. In addition, new-onset headache and migraine increased by 24 percent and 23 percent in participants. read more