These days, many people are concerned about the struggling job market. Daily stress is a common cause of headaches, and financial worries only produce more tension. Studies have shown that headache sufferers with lower incomes or employment levels are more likely to experience depression and anxiety, and to develop chronic migraines. And for chronic sufferers, frequent, severe migraines can become disabling, making full-time employment strenuous or decreasing productivity on the job.

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The Northeastern Migraine Surgery Center has a new look: A new logo and a brand new website. The clinic, located at 55 Broadway, in Bangor, ME, has been serving migraine patients since 2002. Dr. David Branch, founder of the Northeastern Migraine Surgery Center, has treated more than 300 migraine trigger sites nationally and internationally from as far away as Dubai.

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Stress is a major culprit behind many health issues, including depression, diabetes, hair loss, heart disease, hyperthyroidism, obesity, obsessive-compulsive and anxiety disorders, sexual dysfunction, tooth and gum disease, ulcers, and of course, migraines. In fact, stress (often coupled with anxiety) is one of the most common migraine triggers.

The daily stresses of modern life - such as family, career, and financial troubles - can be major triggers for migraine headaches. And the truth is that there is no such thing as a stress-free life. Everyone goes through peaks and valleys in life. The secret is to find ways to manage your stress level as much as possible.

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There are several types of migraines, each of which is categorized by the symptoms associated with it. Although each person suffers in a unique way, all migraines share certain basic features. Generally, migraines begin as a dull ache and then develop into a constant, throbbing and pulsating pain that you may feel at your temples or the front or back of one side of your head. Nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light and noise can often accompany this pain.

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Migraines are a neurological disease that can cause a wide range of symptoms. The most commonly thought of symptom is a headache. According to the National Headache Foundation, over 29 million Americans suffer from migraine headaches.

The migraine is considered a vascular headache because it is associated with changes in the size of the arteries in and outside of the brain. Prompted by biochemical changes in the brain, or more commonly biomechanical stresses, one of the larger nerve branches (the trigeminal nerve) in your head triggers a chain reaction:

Read more: 18% of women and 6% of men in America have experienced a migraine this year

The Northeastern Migraine Surgery Center is one of the first headache centers in New England to offer a multi-faceted approach specifically designed to treat migraines.

Professional treatment for migraine patients is conducted by board-certified surgeon and migraine surgery specialist Dr. David Branch and his highly trained professional team. Individual treatment programs are developed based on the patient’s specific history, prior treatment, and current diagnosis.

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Migraines are a neurological disease that can cause a wide range of symptoms. The most commonly known symptom is a headache. According to the National Headache Foundation, more than 29 million Americans suffer from migraine headaches. In the United States, 18% of women and 6% of men report having had at least one migraine episode in the previous year, more than asthma and diabetes combined.

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Dr. David Branch, founder of the Northeastern Migraine Surgery Center, has been performing migraine surgeries since 2002, with an astounding 90% success rate. Typically, prospective patients come to him with a diagnosis of migraine disease from a neurologist. Depending on the character of the disease, physical and radiologic findings, Dr. Branch can determine which of the four trigger sites (brow, temple, back of the neck, and nasal passages) will be evaluated, often done with Botox® therapy. After locating the trigger points, the surgery is performed as an outpatient procedure under sedation or general anesthesia. The procedure is performed by Dr. Branch and his highly qualified team of professionals in Bangor, ME.

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Nearly 30 million Americans suffer with severe migraines that cannot be relieved using conventional treatments. In 2009, Dr. Bahman Guyuron (Chairman of the Department of Plastic Surgery at Case Western Reserve University) in Cleveland, Ohio, conducted a placebo-controlled trial of the surgical treatment of migraine headaches. Dr. Guyuron’s study demonstrated the effectiveness of independent surgical deactivation of three common migraine headache trigger sites through a double-blind, controlled clinical trial.

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If you’ve recently decided to pursue surgical correction of migraine headaches, you probably have a few questions about the procedure and what it entails. Following is a brief rundown of what you can expect both during and after surgery:

The procedure itself varies depending on your specific trigger sites. To minimize trauma and avoid unnecessary surgery, only sites that have been identified as strong potential triggers (during the preliminary Botox® injection testing) are surgically addressed. Your surgeon may operate on up to four locations, but generally two or three are sufficient. The goal of the surgery is to eliminate triggering stimuli – typically muscle impingement on nerves, or airway turbulence and vibration.

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People have been dealing with migraines throughout all of recorded history. Treatment for these debilitating headaches was generally temporary – designed to relieve momentary symptoms, rather than treating the cause of the pain.

But now, there is a lasting cure: Migraine surgery – initially developed through the efforts of Dr. Bahman Guyuron in Cleveland, Ohio – is able to permanently relieve the symptoms of migraine headaches by treating the cause of the problem.

Read more: Migraine No More: Stop the pain with migraine surgery.