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Offline Cincinnatus

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Why sex is a 'better headache cure rather than painkillers'
« on: March 05, 2013, 08:31:09 pm »
I add this as a public service as a medical advisory which comes under "Science", no?

A team of neurologists found that sexual activity can lead to “partial or complete relief” of head pain in some migraines.

The study, from the University of Munster, Germany, suggests that instead of using a sore head as an excuse to refuse sex, making love can be more effective than taking painkillers.

Their research, reported in Cephalalgia, the journal of the International Headache Society, found that more than half of migraine sufferers who had sex during an episode experienced an improvement in symptoms.

One in five patients left without any pain at all, while others, in particular male sufferers “even used sexual activity as a therapeutic tool”, they added.

They suggested that sex triggered the release of endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers, through the central nervous system, which can in turn reduce, or even eliminate, a headache.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9906594/Why-sex-is-a-better-headache-cure-rather-than-painkillers.html

Sometimes those boys in the lab do come up with some pretty amazing and appreciated results. So the next time the little woman says, "Not tonight, honey, I have a headache"...
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Re: Why sex is a 'better headache cure rather than painkillers'
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2013, 11:53:47 pm »
Now that's news you can use!

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Re: Why sex is a 'better headache cure rather than painkillers'
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2013, 11:59:47 pm »
They had to ask???
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Re: Why sex is a 'better headache cure rather than painkillers'
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2013, 03:04:10 am »
Now that's news you can use!

Hmmm so next time your wife has a headache I can hear you now:  "honey I have the perfect cure for your headache pain"  :silly:
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Re: Why sex is a 'better headache cure rather than painkillers'
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2013, 03:04:59 am »
They had to ask???

hey there Scottftlc!  Where have you been!!!! missed you being here every day.
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Re: Why sex is a 'better headache cure rather than painkillers'
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2013, 03:05:38 am »
Unless it's the kind of headache that any physical activity makes even worse to the point of nausea.
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