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Study links "aura" migraines in women to brain lesions

Middle-aged women who suffered recurring migraine headaches preceded by visual warning symptoms called auras had a greater incidence of tiny spots of damage to brain tissue later in life, a study found. The women were almost twice as likely to show small areas called lesions in the brain's cerebellum, which controls motor activities and balance, than women who didn't have headaches, according to...

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