Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Getting rid of that headache

In their never-ending quest to abolish the phrase, "not tonight dear, I have a headache", researchers have found that...

...if women stay on birth-control patches continuously they can reduce the risk of so-called estrogen-withdrawal headaches -- a phenomenon that occurs when contraceptives are interrupted to allow for "natural" menstruation.

In particular, the patches seem to prevent "menstrual migraine".

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