Posted AT 12:57 AM EDT on 22/06/06
Magnetic device can head off migraines, neurologists say
It's like something out of a video game.
Flashing lights, vertigo, a visual shower of “shooting stars”— the early warning signs of an impending migraine attack. But before it has a chance to strike, you whip out a special gun and zap it dead with a high-powered magnetic pulse.
That surreal chain of events may very soon become a reality.
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