(February 11, 2010 - Insidermedicine)

From New York - According to a report published in the journal Neurology, migraines increase ones risk of suffering a heart attack. Researchers compared over 6,000 migraine sufferers with nearly 5,300 people without migraines. Results showed that people with migraine were nearly 2x more likely to suffer a heart attack than people without migraine.

From Hamilton - According to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine,  a shorter, more intense course of radiation therapy has been shown to be successful for women with early stage breast cancer. Researchers randomized over 1,200 breast cancer patients to either standard 5 week regimen of radiation therapy or an accelerated, 3 week regimen. Breast cancer recurrence rates after ten years were found to be similar for both groups.

And finally, from Minnesota - Women who drink milk during pregnancy may reduce their child's risk of developing multiple sclerosis later in life, according to a report presented at the annual meeting for the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers surveyed over 35,000 mothers and followed them for several years. They found that mothers who drank at least 4 glasses of milk a day during pregnancy had a 56% reduced risk of having their child develop MS.