June is National Migraine & Headache Awareness Month

Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 2016 May 2. Serum concentration of magnesium as an independent risk factor in migraine attacks: a matched case-control study and review of the literature. Assarzadegan F1, Asgarzadeh S, Hatamabadi HR, Shahrami A, Tabatabaey A, Asgarzadeh M. Abstract There is controversy over the role of magnesium in the etiology of migraine headaches. We [...]

Migraine Headaches and Magnesium Treatment

Abstract BACKGROUND: There is controversy about the efficacy of currently used treatment modalities to alleviate migraine headaches. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to evaluate and compare the effects of magnesium sulfate and combined use of dexamethasone/metoclopramide on relieving acute migraine headache. METHODS: We randomly divided 70 patients who had been referred to an emergency department, into two [...]

Can Magnesium Treat and/or Prevent Depression?

The human gut microbiota has become the subject of extensive research in recent years and our knowledge of the resident species and their potential functional capacity is rapidly growing. Our gut harbours a complex community of over 100 trillion microbial cells which influence human physiology, metabolism, nutrition, mood and immune function while disruption to the [...]

Magnesium Deficiency and Depression

Abstract: Magnesium is one of the most essential minerals in the human body, connected with brain biochemistry and the fluidity of neuronal membrane. A variety of neuromuscular and psychiatric symptoms, including different types of depression, was observed in magnesium deficiency. Plasma/serum magnesium levels do not seem to be the appropriate indicators of depressive disorders, since [...]

Magnesium and Concussive Brain Injury

The Neurometabolic Cascade of Concussion. Abstract: Objective: To review the underlying pathophysiologic processes of concussive brain injury and relate these neurometabolic changes to clinical sports-related issues such as injury to the developing brain, overuse injury, and repeated concussion. An Overview of Concussion Pathophysiology. Immediately after biomechanical injury to the brain, abrupt, indiscriminant release of neurotransmitters [...]

Magnesium Reduces Depression Symptoms

A new study published in Biological Trace Elements Research assessed whether magnesium intake could modulate (exert a modifying or controlling influence on, to regulate or temper) depressive symptoms. Depressive symptoms are frequent in students and may lead to countless problems. Several hypotheses associate magnesium with depression because of the presence of this mineral in several [...]

Depression and Magnesium Nutrition

Magnesium is one of the most essential minerals in the human body, connected with brain biochemistry and the fluidity of neuronal membrane. A variety of neuromuscular and psychiatric symptoms, including different types of depression, was observed in magnesium deficiency. Plasma/serum magnesium levels do not seem to be the appropriate indicators of depressive disorders, since ambiguous [...]

Magnesium Health and Stroke

In the United States alone, someone has a stroke every 45 seconds and someone dies of a stroke every 3 minutes. As the number three cause of death among Americans (cancer and heart disease are the leading causes), stroke costs our healthcare system $57 billion each year (1). The cost of stroke between 2005 and [...]

Magnesium Reduces Cerebral Palsy Risk

By Hans R. Larsen MSc ChE – http://www.afibbers.org/magnesium.html ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Cerebral palsy is a serious muscle disorder caused by brain anomalies which affects babies even before they are born. It is particularly prevalent among very low-birth-weight babies (weight less than 1500 g at birth). These babies are also at much greater risk of being mentally [...]

Stroke and Magnesium Health

Summary By Hans R. Larsen MSc ChE A study of 98 stroke patients admitted to the emergency room of three hospitals in New York exhibited early and significant magnesium-ion deficits. The stroke patients also demonstrated a high calcium to magnesium ratio, which are signs of increased vascular tone and cerebral vessel spasm. Source: Altura BT [...]