Accessibility Statement Skip Navigation
  • Why PRWeb
  • How It Works
  • Who Uses It
  • Pricing
  • Login
  • GDPR
  • Create a Free Account
Return to PRWeb homepage
  • News
  • Resources
  • Contact
When typing in this field, a list of search results will appear and be automatically updated as you type.

Searching for your content...

No results found. Please change your search terms and try again.
  • News in Focus
      • Browse News Releases

      • All News Releases
      • Multimedia Gallery

      • All Multimedia
      • All Photos
      • All Videos
  • Business & Money
      • Auto & Transportation

      • Aerospace, Defense
      • Air Freight
      • Airlines & Aviation
      • Automotive
      • Maritime & Shipbuilding
      • Railroads and Intermodal Transportation
      • Supply Chain/Logistics
      • Transportation, Trucking & Railroad
      • Travel
      • Trucking and Road Transportation
      • View All Auto & Transportation

      • Business Technology

      • Blockchain
      • Broadcast Tech
      • Computer & Electronics
      • Computer Hardware
      • Computer Software
      • Data Analytics
      • Electronic Commerce
      • Electronic Components
      • Electronic Design Automation
      • Financial Technology
      • High Tech Security
      • Internet Technology
      • Nanotechnology
      • Networks
      • Peripherals
      • Semiconductors
      • View All Business Technology

      • Entertain­ment & Media

      • Advertising
      • Art
      • Books
      • Entertainment
      • Film and Motion Picture
      • Magazines
      • Music
      • Publishing & Information Services
      • Radio & Podcast
      • Television
      • View All Entertain­ment & Media

      • Financial Services & Investing

      • Accounting News & Issues
      • Acquisitions, Mergers and Takeovers
      • Banking & Financial Services
      • Bankruptcy
      • Bond & Stock Ratings
      • Conference Call Announcements
      • Contracts
      • Cryptocurrency
      • Dividends
      • Earnings
      • Earnings Forecasts & Projections
      • Financing Agreements
      • Insurance
      • Investments Opinions
      • Joint Ventures
      • Mutual Funds
      • Private Placement
      • Real Estate
      • Restructuring & Recapitalization
      • Sales Reports
      • Shareholder Activism
      • Shareholder Meetings
      • Stock Offering
      • Stock Split
      • Venture Capital
      • View All Financial Services & Investing

      • General Business

      • Awards
      • Commercial Real Estate
      • Corporate Expansion
      • Earnings
      • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
      • Human Resource & Workforce Management
      • Licensing
      • New Products & Services
      • Obituaries
      • Outsourcing Businesses
      • Overseas Real Estate (non-US)
      • Personnel Announcements
      • Real Estate Transactions
      • Residential Real Estate
      • Small Business Services
      • Socially Responsible Investing
      • Surveys, Polls and Research
      • Trade Show News
      • View All General Business

  • Science & Tech
      • Consumer Technology

      • Artificial Intelligence
      • Blockchain
      • Cloud Computing/Internet of Things
      • Computer Electronics
      • Computer Hardware
      • Computer Software
      • Consumer Electronics
      • Cryptocurrency
      • Data Analytics
      • Electronic Commerce
      • Electronic Gaming
      • Financial Technology
      • Mobile Entertainment
      • Multimedia & Internet
      • Peripherals
      • Social Media
      • STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math)
      • Supply Chain/Logistics
      • Wireless Communications
      • View All Consumer Technology

      • Energy & Natural Resources

      • Alternative Energies
      • Chemical
      • Electrical Utilities
      • Gas
      • General Manufacturing
      • Mining
      • Mining & Metals
      • Oil & Energy
      • Oil and Gas Discoveries
      • Utilities
      • Water Utilities
      • View All Energy & Natural Resources

      • Environ­ment

      • Conservation & Recycling
      • Environmental Issues
      • Environmental Policy
      • Environmental Products & Services
      • Green Technology
      • Natural Disasters
      • View All Environ­ment

      • Heavy Industry & Manufacturing

      • Aerospace & Defense
      • Agriculture
      • Chemical
      • Construction & Building
      • General Manufacturing
      • HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning)
      • Machinery
      • Machine Tools, Metalworking and Metallurgy
      • Mining
      • Mining & Metals
      • Paper, Forest Products & Containers
      • Precious Metals
      • Textiles
      • Tobacco
      • View All Heavy Industry & Manufacturing

      • Telecomm­unications

      • Carriers and Services
      • Mobile Entertainment
      • Networks
      • Peripherals
      • Telecommunications Equipment
      • Telecommunications Industry
      • VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
      • Wireless Communications
      • View All Telecomm­unications

  • Lifestyle & Health
      • Consumer Products & Retail

      • Animals & Pets
      • Beers, Wines and Spirits
      • Beverages
      • Bridal Services
      • Cannabis
      • Cosmetics and Personal Care
      • Fashion
      • Food & Beverages
      • Furniture and Furnishings
      • Home Improvement
      • Household, Consumer & Cosmetics
      • Household Products
      • Jewelry
      • Non-Alcoholic Beverages
      • Office Products
      • Organic Food
      • Product Recalls
      • Restaurants
      • Retail
      • Supermarkets
      • Toys
      • View All Consumer Products & Retail

      • Entertain­ment & Media

      • Advertising
      • Art
      • Books
      • Entertainment
      • Film and Motion Picture
      • Magazines
      • Music
      • Publishing & Information Services
      • Radio & Podcast
      • Television
      • View All Entertain­ment & Media

      • Health

      • Biometrics
      • Biotechnology
      • Clinical Trials & Medical Discoveries
      • Dentistry
      • FDA Approval
      • Fitness/Wellness
      • Health Care & Hospitals
      • Health Insurance
      • Infection Control
      • International Medical Approval
      • Medical Equipment
      • Medical Pharmaceuticals
      • Mental Health
      • Pharmaceuticals
      • Supplementary Medicine
      • View All Health

      • Sports

      • General Sports
      • Outdoors, Camping & Hiking
      • Sporting Events
      • Sports Equipment & Accessories
      • View All Sports

      • Travel

      • Amusement Parks and Tourist Attractions
      • Gambling & Casinos
      • Hotels and Resorts
      • Leisure & Tourism
      • Outdoors, Camping & Hiking
      • Passenger Aviation
      • Travel Industry
      • View All Travel

  • Policy & Public Interest
      • Policy & Public Interest

      • Advocacy Group Opinion
      • Animal Welfare
      • Congressional & Presidential Campaigns
      • Corporate Social Responsibility
      • Domestic Policy
      • Economic News, Trends, Analysis
      • Education
      • Environmental
      • European Government
      • FDA Approval
      • Federal and State Legislation
      • Federal Executive Branch & Agency
      • Foreign Policy & International Affairs
      • Homeland Security
      • Labor & Union
      • Legal Issues
      • Natural Disasters
      • Not For Profit
      • Patent Law
      • Public Safety
      • Trade Policy
      • U.S. State Policy
      • View All Policy & Public Interest

  • People & Culture
      • People & Culture

      • Aboriginal, First Nations & Native American
      • African American
      • Asian American
      • Children
      • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
      • Hispanic
      • Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual
      • Men's Interest
      • People with Disabilities
      • Religion
      • Senior Citizens
      • Veterans
      • Women
      • View All People & Culture

  • Hamburger menu
  • Cision PRWeb provides efficient communication tools to continuously engage with target audiences across multiple online channels
  • Create a Free Account
    • ALL CONTACT INFO
    • Contact Us


      11AM ET Sunday – 8PM ET Friday

  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR
  • News in Focus
    • Browse All News
    • Multimedia Gallery
  • Business & Money
    • Auto & Transportation
    • Business Technology
    • Entertain­ment & Media
    • Financial Services & Investing
    • General Business
  • Science & Tech
    • Consumer Technology
    • Energy & Natural Resources
    • Environ­ment
    • Heavy Industry & Manufacturing
    • Telecomm­unications
  • Lifestyle & Health
    • Consumer Products & Retail
    • Entertain­ment & Media
    • Health
    • Sports
    • Travel
  • Policy & Public Interest
  • People & Culture
    • People & Culture
  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR
  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR
  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR

Migraine "Severity Modifiers” - a New Concept Emerges from Curelator HeadacheTM Platform
  • USA - English


News provided by

Curelator Inc

Sep 08, 2017, 10:00 ET

Share this article

Share toX

Share this article

Share toX

Using a novel visualization tool (Pez PlotsTM), we demonstrate that some lifestyle, dietary, physical and emotional factors can modify the severity of migraine attacks.
Using a novel visualization tool (Pez PlotsTM), we demonstrate that some lifestyle, dietary, physical and emotional factors can modify the severity of migraine attacks.

Vancouver, BC, Canada (PRWEB) September 08, 2017 -- For the first time Curelator Headache, a novel digital health platform, has sorted risk factors for each individual user’s migraine attacks into sets of highly personalized “modifiers” of migraine severity, according to new data presented at the 18th Congress of the International Headache Society.

These new factors are exciting because they demonstrate the potential to address an age-old question, ‘What can I do to decrease the severity of my migraine attacks?'

Post this

“'Migraine Severity Modifiers’ are not always the same as an individual’s triggers and protectors. Giving people with migraine a digital tool that can accurately identify their personal ‘modifiers’ should help improve their ability to prevent attacks or reduce their pain through behavior modifications,” explains Dr. Andrew Hershey, MD, PhD, FAHS, Endowed Chair of Neurology, Director, Headache Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and one of the co-authors of the study.

“The fact that the risk factors responsible for triggering attacks are different from those that modify attack severity may help explain why it is so difficult for people to take control of their condition,” says Alec Mian PhD, CEO and founder of Curelator Headache. Dr. Mian adds, “These new factors are exciting because they demonstrate the potential to address an age-old question, ‘What can I do to decrease the severity of my migraine attacks?’ We call these factors, 'Migraine Severity Modifiers.'"

Curelator Headache, a novel digital application, collected data for 479 study participants with migraine: they had a mean age of 43 years; 88% were female; 41% resided in the U.S. and 40% in the U.K.

In the course of analyzing and sorting each individual participant’s factors into triggers (associated with increasing risk of attack) and protectors (associated with lessening risk of migraine attack, a concept that Curelator Headache has been pioneering since 2014), the data revealed a distinct subset of “modifiers” of migraine severity.

Ty Ridenour, Behavioral Epidemiologist at RTI International and Adjunct Professor at University of Pittsburgh and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and lead author commented, “This study shows the power of individualized data collection combined with innovative N=1 statistical approaches. The results clearly show the benefit of moving towards individualized medicine.”

About the study (1):

·     Individuals with migraine registered to use a novel digital platform (Curelator HeadacheTM) 1) directly through a physician ‘coupon referral’ program, 2) via the Curelator website or 3) via the App store (currently iOS only).

·     Following completion of baseline questionnaires, participants reported daily on headache occurrence, other symptoms associated with migraine attack, severity of headache pain, and exposure to 70 migraine risk factors (triggers and protectors).

·     Risk factors spanned emotions, sleep qualities, environmental conditions and weather, lifestyle, diet, substance use, travel, and up to three additional self-selected triggers.

·     Analyzed data spanned the first 90 days of participant reports. Relationships of risk factors to migraine attack occurrence and severity were determined using ‘N=1’ statistical methods, providing individual’s risk factor profile for both incidence and severity.

· Results from these analyses may inform personalized strategies to reduce incidence of migraine attacks as well as to modify severity of pain.

(1) N=1 Statistical Approaches to Examine Risk Factor Profiles of ICHD-3beta Classified Migraines within Individuals. Ty A. Ridenour1, Francesc Peris2, Gabriel Boucher2, Alec Mian2, Stephen Donoghue2, Andrew D. Hershey3.

1RTI International, North Carolina, 2Curelator Inc., Cambridge, 3Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, United States. Presented at IHS Congress 2017.

The International Headache Society is the world's leading membership organization for those with a professional commitment to helping people affected by headache. The theme of this year’s Congress is “New Horizons in Headache.”

About Curelator Inc.

Curelator is a patient-centric digital platform that enables patients, clinicians and healthcare providers to optimize individual therapeutic pathways in chronic diseases with episodic attacks.

Contact for further information: Sandy Bodner, sbodner(at)curelator(dot)com, 617-549-8523

Sandy Bodner, Curelator Inc, http://www.curelator.com, +1 (617) 549-8523, [email protected]

Modal title

Compare the “Migraine Severity Modifiers” to factors that, in contrast, are associated with provoking or protecting from attacks (i.e. potential triggers/protectors).
Compare the “Migraine Severity Modifiers” to factors that, in contrast, are associated with provoking or protecting from attacks (i.e. potential triggers/protectors).
Compare the “Migraine Severity Modifiers” to factors that, in contrast, are associated with provoking or protecting from attacks (i.e. potential triggers/protectors).

Contact PRWeb

  • 11AM ET Sunday – 8PM ET Friday
  • Contact Us

About PRWeb

  • About PRWeb
  • Partners
  • Partnership Programs
  • Editorial Guidelines
  • Resources

Why PRWeb

  • Why PRWeb
  • How It Works
  • Who Uses It
  • Pricing

Accounts

  • Create a Free Account
  • Log in
  • Contact Us

Do not sell or share my personal information:

  • Submit via [email protected] 
  • Call Privacy toll-free: 877-297-8921

Contact Cision

Products

About

My Services
  • All News Releases
  • Online Member Center
  • ProfNet
Cision Distribution Helpline
888-776-0942
  • Legal
  • Site Map
  • RSS
  • Cookie Settings
Copyright © 2025 Cision US Inc.