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JAMA Advisory for December 8 Feed

OXYGEN, A QUICK, DRUG FREE AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR CLUSTER HEADACHE

EMBARGO TIME: 4pm (ET) Tuesday, December 8, 2009

SUMMARY:


A cluster headache can be more excruciatingly painful for patients than even childbirth or a gunshot wound. Attacks usually occur several times a day, lasting weeks or months. A new study shows breathing pure oxygen can help to quickly and effectively relieve this intense pain.

SOUNDBITES:

Peter J. Goadsby, M.D., Ph.D., - University of California, San Francisco

B-ROLL:

Patient breathing oxygen, Dr. Goadsby walking down hall, patient and Dr. Goadsby talking

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