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Migraines linked to irregular blood flow in brain

July 30, 2024 by Roni Jacobson in Medicine.

An actual human brain displayed inside a glass box, as part of an interactive exhibition "Brain: a world inside your head", in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on August 21, 2009. The exhibition, which presents on interactive installations how functions and physiology of the brain are developed since childhood until old age, runs until 25 October. AFP PHOTO/Mauricio LIMA (Photo credit should read MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images)

People who experience migraines are more likely to have gaps in the network of arteries that pumps blood throughout the brain.

New study on smoking-related deaths among men and women

January 28, 2024 by Louiza Patsis in Fitness & Wellbeing, Research.

Used cigarette butts spill out of a full ashtray.

The study showed that women’s risk of death from smoking-related illnesses is now equivalent to that of men.