Comparing the genomes of more than 3,000 Europeans who get migraines with 10,000 who do not, researchers report in Nature Genetics that a variant on chromosome 8, between genes that help control the brain chemical glutamate, is significantly more common in migraine sufferers.
Rachel Howel Stockton
Miscellaneous
C-Section Rates Climb
Analyzing 229,000 records from 19 hospitals, researchers found C-sections accounted for 30.5 percent of 2007 deliveries. Induced labor doubled the rate, and many surgeries for difficult labor happened before the uterus reached 6 cm dilation.
Avoiding Illness
AAP Issues Flu Vaccine Guidelines
The American Academy of Pediatrics now urges flu vaccination for everyone 6 months and older, and stresses it for household contacts, daycare providers of children under 5, children with asthma, diabetes or neurological disorders, health care workers and pregnant women.
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