Wednesday, 12 March 2014

High-Tech Electronic Headband May Help Prevent Migraines

If you are suffering from the migraines, there is the devices in the market, which could help you prevent anything which cause of the headaches. This Medical device made by Cefaly Technologies in Belgium, called Cefaly, which is an electronic headband which sits on your forehead at your ears and just above the eyes. Self glued electrodes sends a miner electric current to the skin and the mussels the below the device to give the rest to the nerve, which is the main body element causes migraine. Although the Food and Drug Administration given the approval to the device to use by prescription and also warn that no more use after 20 minutes a day. It is available in some countries including Canada with $300 dollar price tag. Company also did a survey involving 2300 users in Belgium and France to test it and concluded that 53% of contestant reported being satisfies enough to buy it and recommend it to other.


Cafaly said “This device is a promising step forward in treating migraine headaches, as it addresses an important part of what we believe triggers and maintains a migraine attack," Dr. Myrna Cardiel, a clinical associate professor of neurology at NYU Langone Medical Center and NYU School of Medicine, told Health Day. She added that the 53 percent positive rating is on par with "most oral migraine preventive medications. Perhaps the best finding is that no serious side effects have yet to be associated with the headband.”


Now a day’s Tech companies are very concerns about the user health for example Apple to launched a fully featured Smartwatch to users to monitor their full health report like heart rate, pulse and Blood pressure so users doctor can get a full report for month.



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