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Unconventional is better

When it comes to managing chronic headaches, an approach aimed at filling the gaps in "usual" care leads to a marked improvement in patients' quality of life and satisfaction with treatment, researchers report in the journal Headache. The team at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, has found that while a wide range of effective therapies is available, current treatment of chronic headache is often ineffective.

Life-saving option fades