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THURSDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) – People who live with chronic migraines suffer intense throbbing and pulsing, sensitivity to light and sound, nausea and vomiting. Could a plant-based diet, credited with a variety of positive health impacts, also help ease these chronic symptoms?It might. Researchers in New York have published a case study of one man with severe chronic migraines who had tried everything to curb them, and then switched to a plant-based diet -- loaded with a lot of dark green leafy vegetables. He quickly found significant relief from the headaches, doctors reported online Nov. 18 in the journal BMJ Case Reports."This report suggests that a whole food plant-based diet may offer a safe, effective and permanent treatment for reversing chronic migraine," wrote a...

FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A COVID-19 vaccine booster shot gives cancer patients -- especially those with blood cancer -- much-needed protection, new research reports."Our study demonstrates in clear terms how the booster shot can make all the difference for some people with compromised immune systems, such as people with cancer," study co-author Dr. Balazs Halmos said in a news release from Montefiore Health System in New York City. Halmos is director of the Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program at Montefiore. Many cancer patients have weakened immune systems that put them at increased risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19.In this study, researchers at Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center checked for antibodies in 99 cancer patients just after they'd been...

FRIDAY, Nov. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Low-dose aspirin neither reduces nor increases the risk of dementia in adults with type 2 diabetes, a new study finds."This is reassuring that an increase in the risk of dementia is unlikely for the millions of people worldwide who regularly take aspirin to protect against the risk of heart attack and stroke," according to study author Jane Armitage, of the University of Oxford in England."The results mean a modest benefit of daily low-dose aspirin on risk of dementia is possible. However, we need studies with more people developing dementia to be sure," added Armitage, a professor of clinical trials and epidemiology.The study, which was presented Monday at the American Heart Association's virtual annual meeting, included more than 15,000...

FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Guidelines for treating movement problems in people in the early stages of Parkinson's disease have been updated.The new treatment recommendations from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) focus on dopaminergic medications, which increase dopamine levels or mimic dopamine effects. Parkinson's is a movement disorder that occurs when nerve cells in the brain fail to produce enough dopamine. The new guideline updates treatment recommendations published in 2002. "We carefully reviewed the available research on the effectiveness and possible risks of medications to treat motor symptoms in people with early Parkinson's disease and found that levodopa is usually the best first treatment for these symptoms," said Dr. Tamara Pringsheim, lead author...