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Mindfulness-based stress reduction reduces migraine frequency

Publish date:: June 19, 2019

Key clinical point: Mindfulness-based stress reduction training improves migraine and associated psychosocial symptoms.

Major finding: Migraine frequently decreased by more than 50% at the 6-month follow-up in the intervention group.

Study details: The findings are based on a randomized, controlled trial involving 98 patients with episodic migraine and 37 healthy controls with no chronic pain conditions.

Disclosures: Dr. Burrowes reported having no disclosures.

Citation:

REPORTING FROM CPDD 2019

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