Migraines: I Wouldn't Wish Them On My Worst Enemy
Migraines are a debilitating illness that can stop the sufferer in its tracks. Unlike other diseases we have talked about thus far in my Neurochemistry class, t...
Month: December 2014
Migraines and the Hope for a Cure
Like a blurry dream in the back of my mind, the thought of my first ever migraine lingers. I had just finished the longest run of my cross country career on a b...
Migraines and the Bad Case of Vasodilation
As someone who has been fortunate to never have experienced a migraine, it can be difficult to understand what makes them so brutal. Migraines are more than jus...
The Headache That is a Migrane
We’ve all have had headaches, but most of his haven’t experienced the excruciating pain of a migraine. Some of the typical symptoms of a migraine in...
Who knew vasodilation could be such a pain?
Have you ever heard the lie that the brain can’t feel pain? Try telling that to someone with chronic migraines. Okay… well… it is only kind of a lie. It is true...
Migraines: It Really is All in Your Head
This week’s article is more of a common occurrence than most of the others. It is something I have had described, but have not experienced personally. I have be...
My Capstone Experience – BREWing Made Easy
Concordia College is a liberal arts college that focuses its mission on sending responsibly engaged individuals into the world, otherwise known as BREW. ...
The Painful Reality of Migraines
Among the diseases and disorders we have covered so far, many of them have been the result of aging, exposure to environmental factors, and/or inher...
Migraines: Breakthroughs Still Needed
The pain and discomfort migraines cause can only be truly understood by someone who has experienced one. I have never experienced one however those close to me...