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Headache
What research is being done?
Understanding why headaches occur and improving headache treatment is the goal of research sponsored by the NINDS and NIH. NINDS also supports and conducts studies to improve the diagnosis of headaches and to find ways to prevent them. Recent research using an experimental technique called thermography, in which an infrared camera converts skin temperature into a color picture (thermogram) coded according to temperature level, showed that headache patients have strikingly different heat patterns from those of people who never or rarely get headaches. Another study looked at the best ways to use progressive muscle relaxation techniques and biofeedback to ease the pain of migraine and tension headaches.
Organizations
American Council for Headache Education
19 Mantua Road
Mt. Royal, NJ 08061
achehq@talley.com
http://www.achenet.org
Tel: 856-423-0258 800-255-ACHE (255-2243)
Fax: 856-423-0082
National Headache Foundation
820 N. Orleans
Suite 217
Chicago, IL 60610-3132
info@headaches.org
http://www.headaches.org
Tel: 773-388-6399 888-NHF-5552 (643-5552)
Fax: 773-525-7357
