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Published online 23 April 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070423-3
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Migraines may slow memory loss
Sufferers show less cognitive decline as they age.
A migraine is not just a headache, it is an über-headache — a pounding, queasy, searing pain that can incapacitate its victims for hours on end. And as if the pain weren't bad enough, sufferers were also thought to show diminished memory and verbal skills.
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