Migraine is a type of headache marked by severe head pain lasting several hours or more. Migraine is an intense, often debilitating type of headache. Migraines affect as many as 24 million people in the United States, and are responsible for billions of dollars in lost work, poor job performance, and direct medical costs. Approximately 18% of women and 6% of men experience at least one migraine attack per year. More than three million women and one million men have one or more severe headaches every month. Migraines often begin in adolescence, and are rare after age 60.
Depakote
VALPROIC ACID (Depakote) is used for controlling certain types of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy. Valproic Acid is an anticonvulsant. It works by increasing a certain chemical in the brain.
TOPIRAMATE (Topamax®) is effective in helping to control seizures (convulsions) in adults or children with various forms of epilepsy. Topiramate may also be prescribed for other conditions, such as prevention of migraine headaches
New Study Finds HPV Vaccine Protects Against Genital Warts
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that the
human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine protects not only against the sexually
transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, but also helps prevent
genital warts and low-grade cervical growths.
AFP - Sex workers in Cambodia are routinely unlawfully arrested and taken by police to government detention centres where they face beatings, rape and extortion, a rights group said Tuesday.
AFP - The World Bank released two studies Sunday linking cash payments to Malawian and Tanzanian youths with "significantly lower" rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
