FED: CheckUp medical column for Friday February 6

AAP General News (Australia)
02-06-2009
FED: CheckUp medical column for Friday February 6

A weekly round-up of news affecting your health

By Medical Writer Danny Rose



"SAFE, CHEAP" OPTION FOR MIGRAINE

Migraines can be a headache to treat, says an Australian professor who has identified
simple vitamin supplements that can offer relief.

Professor Lyn Griffiths put 50 long-term migraine sufferers on a six-month course of
vitamin B and folate supplements and said the results were very positive.

Study participants reported a "drastic improvement in headache frequency, pain severity
and associated …