My mum sent me a cutting from the Daily Wail about this, and I wondered if anyone had tried it. I think it's been on the market for a while but only just approved by NICE.
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Daily Wail said:Electronic headband that could end migraine misery for millions is approved on the NHS
By BEN SPENCER MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT FOR THE DAILY MAIL
- £250 headband works by emitting electrical pulses to the brain
- Used for 20 minutes a day or when migraine strikes to ease symptoms
- Battery powered device found to work on between 40 and 75% of patients
- Experts say Cefaly could eliminate the need for drugs in some sufferers
PUBLISHED: 16:48, 25 May 2016 | UPDATED: 17:23, 25 May 2016
The high-tech Cefaly headband tackles migraines by sending mild electrical pulses into the forehead, just above the eye
A high tech headband could offer relief for millions of people who suffer with migraines.
England's health watchdog gave the green light for the new Cefaly device to be used on the NHS.
The £250 headband tackles migraines by sending mild electrical pulses into the forehead, just above the eye.
Worn for 20 minutes a day - or whenever a migraine strikes - it has been shown to reduce the severity and frequency of attacks in four out of ten patients.
It does this by relaxing the trigeminal nerve - which runs through the skull and is thought to be the source of migraines.
This stops migraines happening so often, but also enables people to cope better with the attacks when they occur.
Around eight million Britons - three quarters of them women - suffer migraine attacks, which often involve dizziness, nausea and crippling pain.
Although painkillers and other drugs can ease the symptoms, they do not work for everyone and as yet no drug has been found that can actually prevent the attacks....
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