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Article: What's Behind the Pain of MIGRAINES.(research findings)(Brief Article)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- October 1, 2000
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It can strike without warning, an intense, often debilitating headache that can last for hours or days. For millions of Americans who suffer from migraines, this isn't a nightmare--it's an unfortunate fact of life. The Council on Headache Research, Education and Quality of Life, a group of national headache experts, offers the following facts about this excruciating condition:
* An estimated 26,000,000 Americans are afflicted with migraine headaches. Of those, 11,000,000 suffer moderate to severe migraines that are disabling.
* More than 157,000,000 workdays are lost each year due to migraine headaches.
* Migraines are three times more common ...