Tag Archives: Happens

People display tell-tale signs of a looming stroke up to 10 YEARS before it happens

Stroke patients display tell-tale mental signs of looming condition up to 10 YEARS before they are taken ill, study claims Dutch experts examined data on 14,712 people who were followed for 30 years Each volunteer sat a series of mental and physical tests and a forensic interview  Performance of future stroke patients began to worsen… Read More »

What happens after curing hepatitis C? Avoiding, minimising or accepting the risks of re-infection

Swiss men living with HIV approach the risk of re-infection with hepatitis C after cure in different ways, based on recent qualitative research by Dr Patrizia Künzler-Heule and colleagues from the Universities of Basel and Zurich. They describe three distinct groups: those who choose to avoid risks and aim not to get re-infected, those who… Read More »

What happens during a migraine

Why do some people suffer from the agonizing head pain of migraines—and the nausea and sensitivity to light that can accompany them—while others don’t? The answer, at the biochemical level, is complicated, but probably boils down to this: Migraine sufferers’ brains are simply more sensitive to outside stimuli than are other people’s brains. Migraines used… Read More »