C. c. e. system

C. b. s. e. children's mind to reduce the fear of the examination Board is still the ninth-tenth class c. c. e. The system is implemented, a grading system that contains this year's performers are based on students ' grades, while some students also Board Exam. of these mostly they who are reshaping the school or Board.

The institution's Director and career counselor Delhi jump jitin Chawla says, the system will take time to understand just students. a few days ago I was with the ninth grade students, he said that the grading system is the pressure on them. seems like always passed examinations ongoing. good thing is that talented kids get the opportunity.
One thing that the speed of careers, new option fast that parents don't change mindset. they also update themselves according to a new pair. came to us a a who d. p. s. 96.4% of test scores from Faridabad pass intermediate. advise he engineering entrance examination still override. many space selection also came to us, it was revealed that his interest in economics is now determined to honors in economics he. There are many career options open.
On the other hand, Noida (Uttar Pradesh) in range, c. c. e. Read the pressure from, but also a continuation extend. my son Siddhartha dasvinkaksha. Board exams begin a student from a while back, but now every week and read them from the test class and assignments used. though abruptly changes they just can't accept this.

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Committee of Parliament

On the recommendations of the Standing Committee of Parliament on the Ombudsman, the CBI formally protest is filed. Investigation Agency Director AP Singh personnel Ministry letter parliamentary Committee balked at six suggestions. CBI officials believe that the Parliamentary Committee's recommendations by the Agency to exist in the crisis.

Personnel were sent to the Ministry of the first objection charjashit or allow clojure report recommend taking before Ombudsman. check it against the Agency's autonomy stymied. with that corruption in all cases the preliminary investigation of the first Ombudsman to firs of recommendation protesting the CBI Director said this corrupt officials to get an unfair advantage.
The CBI prosecution branch investigation agency by Ombudsman's scope is also on the CBI Director's letter prosecution objections. branch investigation agency's integral part, States that it is more than 70 per cent of CBI cases accused conviction has gotten another police agency as having separate CBI. living as well as to examine a case to the CBI Six-month time frame is the one objection.
CBI Director has raised questions in his letter that finally an investigation agency how agencies according to the recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee monitoring. Ombudsman after becoming the CBI would be only on the Ombudsman and its monitoring, as well as administrative and Financial Affairs Ministry and legal personnel in the law Ministry will continue to monitor even if that wasn't enough.During the hearing, charjashit or clojure report on monitoring the courts examine. scope while the CBI Director appointed to keep intact the old process on the recommendation of the Parliamentary Committee also is investigating agency CBI to outrage her demand that the Prime Minister, opposition leader and Director of the constitutional Head of the Committee should be made by anyone.
This time personnel Secretary, Home Secretary, Chief vigilance Commissioner and Cabinet Secretary's Committee selects the CBI Director.

Move content From Google

The center of Google and the u tube arkut upâ all services, including materials concerning the removal of total 358. all content released in the month of June of the same year, the Internet search engine company Google. its transparency report information asked in the report. Google that these theme materials on 255. subject matter anti-Government policies by removing these materials Because of the demand, said that while the Government has been criticized and 236 of arkut content u 19.-on the tube contents (39) are other defamation, Privacy & Security (20), show (14), hate speech full clones (eight), pornography (three) and national security (a) the removal of the sliding demand. that Google has about 51 phisad application of partial or fully accepted. Social networking on the move of the content of this dispute saiton notice important notice and information technology Minister Kapil Sibal. sosal by netvarkig rajnetaon from sites and provoke the divine Gods spirit against the contents of the sliding. We acknowledge and deny it prompted the most locally banned a video in which local laws were violated and which banned such communities bhashna Stir up a fight between. arkut sliding parts, most of the 264. Google prompted reports of her Government and law and order also applied to the local agencies such as the removal of the YouTube video in which local politicians critical of the said content was not accepted on these applications because it is not against the law or materials standards that. Communications and it Minister Kapil Sibal has all of the area subject to defamation, inflammatory and offensive materials had the most topics Google says. material is removed only a few have been the same. video that was created locally and were against local laws and local communities in the case of instigating them. in a local investigation agency's arkut content 237. most complaints against this most local leaders were not deleted but against rhetoric. because it is in any way not a violation of the law.

Shining India

Government welfare plans of people upâ € to the time of large scale public calendar. large size these attractive calendar (manrega) Mahatma Gandhi National employment guarantee scheme, the specific identity of the plan year bakhan people. new Government offices around the country, public corporations and autonomous bodies will appear on the walls of the calendar year. release the times Center The Government's special attention not only to the time it released a huge event, but nine States in every corner of it to particular juggernaut run also information and broadcasting Minister ambika Soni. on Friday it released calendar, stating that the Government is for people who program upâ run.To inform people about them, it will play an important role in the release calendar. Calendar in Union Home Minister p. Take Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad from Chidambaram, human resource development Minister Kapil Sibal, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. Bansal, Minister of State for women and child development, including a dozen Minister Krishna tirath. the Government also with large Jamboree made clear that the next year are leaving no stone in the Assembly that nine States. to this calendar, the elections will run special equipped gadiayan up, Punjab, Gujarat and Goa.

Case Against Kiran Bedi

Kiran Bedi, a Delhi court on Saturday against the foreign firms and collaboration with other institutions in terms of fraud and irregularities in the funds ordered to be filed.

Veena Malik

When referring to Pakistani actress Veena Malik is also emerging that comes in front of the picture is absolutely obscene and filthy. Veena Malik but he will still scaring people. Veena Malik in South India in the woods these days, a 3-D horror film shooting. Tell you that this is a 3d horror movie. Telugu film world famous producer of the film's director Hemant Madhukar.

Veena Malik says that he is feeling plenty of excitement in the shooting. During the shooting because they have neither the hotel nor have luxury things. Have to spend the night in the woods. That she is enjoying. Veena said that he himself has done stunts in the film.
Big Boss 4 shay Veena Malik came into the discussion is too early to start a TV show. He Rakhi, Rahul Mahajan and his Swayamvar like Ratan Rajput is scheduled. Veena Malik said these acts to be interesting to see them move. How his movie would scare people and are able to win over some of their Swayamvar.

Rushdie hooked on Facebook

Indian-born author Salman Rushdie, the famous social networking site Facebook has won the battle its name. On his Facebook profile is allowed to write their first name the actor.

Rushdie Facebook account was closed to the confusion of his real name. Rushdie wrote on Twitter, Facebook had closed my account because they thought that I am not real Rushdie. After sending a copy of the passport he used to restore my account, but my name is Ahmed Rushdie kept the name on the passport. Famous author's full name is Ahmed Salman Rushdie, but he wanted them to be positioned on Facebook by the name of Salman Rushdie, because they are known by the same name.
Speaking of Facebook founder Mark Jukrberg Rushdie has Twite, mark where you are. Come here and give me back my name Two hours later, Rushdie wrote on Twitter again to express the joy of victory, victory, Facebook was down. I am Salman Rushdie. I feel better now. In this age of identity crisis is not a joke. Facebook's policy profile is to be given full and real name. So Rushdie Ahmed was the name used to be called.

Will be remembered

I am taking the veil honeymoon .. The film occasionally a sweet vibes of the song still heals people. That night the first time after marriage the husband - wife - have turned to find another. Relationship started there are some new - who feel affinity. The launch of the new definition of domestic relationships. First husband - wife was not comfortable with the process of getting. Before marriage - was forbidden to see each other. Relationships in joint families hiding in the huge crowd - a secret - there was a chance to meet each other. Gradually began to trend honeymoon and groom - bride with each other - began to meet in privacy.

Romantic honeymoon in reality do not even like movies, but the most memorable wedding night. The night the groom - the bride's room is decorated with flowers, gifts are given to them. In his room, glass of warm milk, fruits and dry fruits are placed. Bridesmaid - groom from the same glass half - half milk drink, every dish to share. It is believed that happiness by the way they are today - will hurt the stock. There are several interesting rituals associated with the honeymoon, the Blue are different everywhere, but the spirit is everywhere, husband - wife come together. The same applies to Kashmir to Kanyakumari.
Dark night of the union excluded
Sunanda Ghosh has been married for fifteen years. Says, I am in Kolkata. When first the bride enters the groom's elder brother in-law's wife's milk Dhulati her legs. At the entrance, his feet are soaked in Alta or bowl filled with rouge. Lakshmi G is considered a symbol of the new law, which in-laws well - brings. Everyone including the bride give her Munhdikhai. The bride is the ritual of rice, a dish of rice to the new law would make. The daughter of the house as it is recognized. Honeymooned at most locations is the same night, but in West Bengal called the dark night. Grooms - Brides individually living rooms. The next day the flowers are Suzza or honeymoon. Grooms - Brides wear new garments. Rooms are decorated with flowers. Decorations, flowers, dress and sweet comes from the bride's parents. The next morning the groom seeing the bride in the mirror, vermilion on his forehead and he fills the hall and worship of the Sun God.
Prankishness the night
Maharashtrian marriages are fairly simple manner, Verve says Usha. He says, we pass into law the first-in-law Bridesmaid - bride takes off ritual. It is a ritual. A plate full of rice The groom is the statue of Parvati ji and rice with your finger in the new name of the bride writes. Maharashtrian Brahman families have the tradition of laws to the new name of the girl. Mother of bride groom - the bride sits in the middle and see the face of a bride in the mirror. Then comes the honeymoon first ratra. Suszzit a room with flowers bride with the groom awaits glass of warm milk. Brother - sister, friends and children prankishness the fly goes in the middle of the night. Finally, the groom finds a way into the room. Tell about your marriage, I was so tired when I fell asleep, when it was morning, did not realize.
Parents' first meeting in
Jha says the range of Mithila in Bihar, Bihar and Jharkhand if the marriage lasts for several days. We groom and the bride's home at least four days to a maximum 21 day wait. 21 days, the practice is becoming less so. The honeymoon is celebrated in the girl's house. The Chaturthi is on the fourth day of the wedding ceremony. The day the bridegroom seeking his bride fills in the red vermilion. Gaurtlb demand that before the law is put in a light pink color of the vermilion. Vermilion is a honeymoon after the ceremony. Jitani takes a bride to her room. Younger sisters, sister in laws, traditionally female flowers in their room, are Sjati of fruits and Jumron. First prepare the bride for the honeymoon Bedshit your hands, but now it is over tradition.
Night filled with the fragrance of Mogre
adhavi Reddy, in Delhi school teacher for several years. Says, I have family from the South Indian traditional Telugu. My marriage has been arranged. We nuptial wedding ceremony is the most important. The groom to his bride in yellow or red thread is tied Gold Pendants places. Honeymoon, the bride - the bride's room is decorated with roses and flowers of Mogre. It is very hard and spend money. To enter the room before the bride - the bride the groom's brother - sister, may have plenty of friends. Finally they find a way to go to my room. From the same glass half - half milk drink. Have dinner in one dish. It is believed that the husband - wife's love and sharing increases. I think, throughout India, the scene is more or less the same. Although the tradition is still losing a lot of film effects.
Cardamom - saffron-milk
Delhi-based Dr Mitali Pant says, I am a resident of North India. To tell the truth in my wedding movies like 17-18 years ago there was no sight. Room was not decorated, nor were the flower. Power was lost overnight, guests did not sleep the noise and mosquito invasion. However, I in my family room from the many weddings flowers and candles are decorated. The way we groom - the bride on her first night saffron, milk and cardamom pudding is to eat. The sweetness of the pudding is in the relationship between Ta - age is Gole sweetness. This is the beginning of the lease.
Becky is a fun ritual
Manish Jhunjhunwala are in Ahmedabad. Says, the laws in Gujarat is a fun ritual ऐki - Becky. Vermilion and milk and mix it in a pot is placed. The ring is put. Grooms - Brides will find both in this ring. This process is repeated seven times. It is believed that the four times it does ring, the effect remains the same at home. The fact is that such rituals Ksd in the back of the groom - bride - one to another and to be comfortable until honeymoon Ajnbiyt something to reduce them.

Interests will not be anywhere Shock

If the ongoing debate in India over alcohol, British singer Amy Winehouse's untimely death at the same time is bound to think. His death occurred in the process of quitting drugs. Increased when needed to become intoxicated with pleasure, it can be predicted. Winehouse's death to alert people that do to turn this hobby into shock.

Youth over 21 years old to take alcohol in different - different responses seen. Including actor Imran Khan Slebritij this age - Campaign against the run. Most people believe that you can get the right to vote in 18 years of age restrictions for alcohol, do so! Why age 21? What little - too much to take alcohol in moderation does not harm or danger to the body is a drop?
Why the age restriction
Astrology head of Delhi's Rockland Hospital, Dr MP Sharma says, to drink at an early age, young or Tinajr can get used to it. By the age of 21 and they come and maturation of the good - bad start thinking. College students may be addictive if it could ruin his future. Like smoking or drug hobby grows at a young age. Tinajr drink start to live in style. Compete with the big looking glass in hand when it becomes addictive, do not know. So at least they stay away from it, that's good. If this is the age limit should be considered.
Happy or sad
On one hand, big - big ads show that smoking is harmful to health or drug, its sale is unflinching on the other hand. Happy or sad, drinking - feeding the trend is increasing in our society. Dr. Sharma says, nowadays there is no party without alcohol. Age - more important is that people should be educated. They should be aware of the threats. Alcohol in America in the seventies had become a big problem. But now some of the people in view of its consequences are backtracked. The time between the new rich in India - inexpediency jollify is becoming a status symbol. In many families parents and children together to cheers. Stop such a question is meaningless.
Drop may be Venom
A voice comes after a few seconds, regret that he could not survive ... Doctors have different opinions about alcohol - is different. Some believe that there is a certain amount to take it, some believe that a drop could be fatal.
According to National Agricultural Research Institute to take a certain amount of alcohol does not reduce the risk of cancer. French Researchers say that the United Kingdom, United States Most countries do talk with immediate effects, but they do not talk on the role of alcohol in serious diseases. The research is published in the Journal of Canadian Association. The World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research in 2007, The joint report is based on the mouth, throat, Isofegs, liver, colon - rectum, breast cancer and there was talk about the relationship between alcohol is.
Dr. Sharma says, liver related diseases, viral fever and jaundice can also be fatal alcohol. But Flevnoyds in red wine are beneficial, because consumption leads to a certain amount. Yet the extreme case, everything is bad.

Brighter future in food technology

Is increasing.habits by the popularity of processed food and beverage materials - is increasing daily. Growing fast food and packaged food for the youth career has opened a new window. This course deals almost all institutions are available. If your interest is in the area so it might be a better career option.

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You Entrance Test Central Food Technology Research Institute (CFTRI), gate entrance test, Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology Intrens Examination (Aiaiseepitiai) through courses related to food technology can enter. For admission to all courses individually eligibility has been determined. Food technologist has to be a scientifically oriented person. The Technology Development, Health and Nutrition should be interested in. In addition, responsibility and team work is imperative. For admission to a graduate degree in physics, chemistry and Biology or Mathematics subjects Honajruri passed 10 +2 with good marks from the issues. PG Diploma course in topics related to food technology graduate degree is required.

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B.sc in Food Science
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Certificate Course in Food Science Preservation
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After completing a course in food industry, hotels, hospitals, packaging industry, soft drink factories, rice mills, etc. can be found in the job. You can food technology courses are self-employed. Technical institutions can also work as a teacher or instructor. The area in the early stages you can easily earn 8 to 12 thousand rupees. Experience 30 to 50 thousand rupees per month can earn even more.
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Food technology sector is insulated from the recession. Fast food and packaged foods are fast becoming the choice of the people. At the same time people are aware of their quality. For this reason there is no shortage of demand for food technologists.It is India that produces fruits and vegetables is the world's second largest country. Today, materials such as canned food - milk, yogurt, butter, soft drinks, jam and jelly, fruit juice, biscuits, ice cream, etc. are preferred by people. According to one estimate, currently trading of canned food is 35 to 40 billion dollars annually. That is why this area is attracting multinational companies. This highlights the many multinational companies like McDonald's, Pepsi, Coca-Cola and Hindustan Lever are Pasarti your foot in India.
Bright Future
Food technology and related courses to students involved in the hierarchy. One reason that the student intellectual, are keen and hardworking. The reason they are in great demand abroad. Career in the country's main area Graduates of this field is food processing and preservation. Industry-based course is not due to the lack of jobs.

Festive collection

As usual, but this time at festivals Wear your new dress in the manner that the public eye, you should stop. Fashion designer Ankita Chaudhary says that the most trouble are the Young Girls. Do they not wear ethnic dresses. I faced the same problem, so surely will keep this in mind while designing. Western dresses to look like the ethnic option, which is very pleasing to teenagers. Bright colors do I use a little more. Contrast color blocking and mix and match trend as it is today. Simple as t - shirts with the ethnic make skirts team. Keep the length short and longer skirts and bright colors using accessories that are designed to suit the occasion. Only heavy Anbroidrd corset tops to pair with the skirt of light weight fabric Floing. Banarasi Silk Patiala Salwar made of Fabric Wear with a fitted top. If the heavy shirt or tunic not necessarily wear it with churidar. The ankle length skirt or long skirt can be a team. A simple way and are increasingly used by the fashion designer Nida Mahmood. Bright color leggings or jeans can also be Drep sari.

Hirakud water panel:PIL

A PIL filed in Orissa High Court has sought direction to the state government to constitute an expert committee to monitor maintenance of water level in Hirakud reservoir during the rainy season.

Suryanarayan Biswal and two others have alleged in the PIL that the recent floods in Orissa cannot be attributed only to "nature's fury".
It was also caused "either because of short-sightedness or arbitrary action and inaction" of the Hirakud dam authorities and water resources department. The petitioners ' all members of Orissa High Court bar ' expect the court to "regulate and supervise" release of floodwater from the Hirakud dam during rainy season through an expert committee consisting of chief engineer (Hirakud dam), chief engineer (irrigation department), water resources secretary, energy secretary and two eminent social activists.
The petitioners have also sought direction to the state government "to compensate the flood victims", as it was a "man-made flood".
The bench of Chief Justice V. Gopala Gowda and Justice B.N. Mohapatra is expected to take up the PIL for hearing on submission of a reply by the state government when the court reopens after the Puja vacation on October 17.
According to the petition, around 30 lakh people were adversely affected by the flood in Orissa during the first half of September.
As early as five days before September 9, there was weather forecast about heavy rainfall in Chhattisgarh, western and interior parts of Orissa consisting of Balangir, Sonepur, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Deogarh and Boudh districts.
But between September 4 and 7, only 10 to 15 sluice gates of the reservoir were opened. During these days, water had been flowing at Hirakud reservoir at above 620ft.
"Had water from the reservoir been cleared between September 3 and 7 maintaining only the water level required for power generation, floodwater of Mahanadi following heavy rain in Chhattisgarh could have been controlled at Hirakud dam," the petition contends.
Instead of opening 30 to 35 sluice gates between September 3 and 7, the dam authorities opened only 10 to 15 sluice gates.
Subsequently, more than 60 gates were opened at a time on September 8 "resulting in the high flood in Mahanadi and causing heavy loss to life and property".
"Unfortunately, lack of proper coordination between Orissa and Chhattisgarh governments over rainfall in Chhattisgarh precipitated the situation," the petition further contends. The PIL has sought judicial scrutiny of the water level maintained in Hirakud reservoir between June and October and weather forecast reports from both Chhattisgarh and western Orissa vis-�-vis actual rainfall.

Progress plans go slow

The Orissa government is apparently making tardy progress in filling up posts of assistant professors created "for expansion and strengthening of medical education and patient care" at SCB Medical College here.

The government had created 26 posts of assistant professors in different departments of the premier medical institution last year. But the recruitment process has not started till date.
Official records indicate that the creation of these 26 posts had received concurrence of the finance department more than five months ago. The creation of these posts of Orissa Medical Education Service Cadre had also received the governor's sanction.
The delay came to fore during adjudication of a PIL on insufficient patient care service in several departments of the medical college and hospital. The PIL sought judicial intervention against alleged lack of doctors at the hospital. The secretary of the health and family welfare department and director of the medical education and training had also made personal appearances before the court in connection with it on September 26.
High court-appointed amicus curiae Pravat Ranjan Das said: "The two-judge bench of Justice B.P. Das and Justice I. Mohanty had since directed the state government to send a proposal to the Orissa Public Service Commission for starting recruitment process for the posts of assistant professors created for different departments in SCB Medical College. The court expected compliance of the order within one week."
Official records indicated that five posts had been created for general medicine department, three each for paediatric and gynaecology departments, two each for orthopaedic (casualty), surgery (casualty), medicine (casualty) and biochemistry departments and one each for transfusion medicine, psychiatry, orthopaedic, emergency medicine, rheumatology, haematology and hepatology departments.
Creation of 34 posts of senior resident doctors at SCB Medical College had also received concurrence of the finance department and sanction of the governor. The state government planned to create 18 of them "by way of re-designation / reallocation of equal numbers from the existing posts of tutors" in the anatomy, physiology, forensic and toxicology, pathology, pharmacology and social prevention medicine departments. The other 16 posts had been sanctioned for medicine, paediatrics, tuberculosis and chest, skin, psychiatry, surgery and orthopaedics and ENT departments, the records further indicated.
The government had also sanctioned 478 additional beds for SCB, which, at present, has a bed capacity of around 1,200. Of these, while 252, 100 and 57 beds were for medicine, orthopaedic and surgery departments respectively. The rest were sanctioned for gynaecology, skin, nephrology, hepatology and endocrinology.

Central procurement agency

The union cabinet Friday cleared a proposal to set up a central procurement agency (CPA) for medical goods, making it easier to address shortages and facilitating the health ministry in procuring and distributing quality medicines and medical equipment to states.

The decision to set up a CPA under the health ministry was taken during a cabinet meeting headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Aimed at efficient procurement and distribution of health sector goods, the agency will also help the government curb wastage, thus leading to savings.
The idea was also to eliminate shortages in the states of medical goods like vaccines and contraceptives, a statement issued here said.
The cabinet also approved a one-time budgetary support of Rs.50 crore to establish the CPA.
'Thereafter, CPA will charge service fee, which will be well within the overall ceiling of five percent of the value of procurement, to meet its subsequent operational expenses,' the statement said.

Travel Postcard

Got 48 hours to spare in Munich during Oktoberfest, the world's largest fair?

Oktoberfest was first celebrated 201 years ago when Crown Prince Ludwig married Princess Therese and invited Munich's citizens to join the party on the Theresienwiesen ("Wiesn").
These days the festival is held mostly in September as October gets too cold. This year it runs from Sept 17 to Oct 3.
Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors get the most out of a visit to Oktoberfest, where a record amount of beer -- 7.1 million litres -- was consumed last year.
Friday
5 p.m. - Gear up for the Oktoberfest by shopping around for your own Bavarian garb, which has come back into fashion over the past decade.
Try wearing lederhosen (if you're a man) or a dirndl (for women) if you're up for the authentic feel. The regional clothing now exists in a dazzling spectrum of styles from the austere and traditional to modern and mildly pornographic.
You can often lay your hands on the kit anywhere in Munich from the luxury boutiques on Maximilianstrasse to the second hand shops tucked away in side streets, as well as online.
Other regional dress, from Scottish kilts to Dutch dress and clogs, are also warmly welcomed.
Clad in your new outfit, take a first stroll across the "Wiesn" to soak up the atmosphere: the aroma of cotton candy, roasted almonds and the scent of barley and hops of the main protagonist, the beer.
Some 6.4 million visitors from Germany and as far afield as the United States attended the Oktoberfest last year.
7 p.m. - Take it easy tonight if you plan to return for another session tomorrow.
If you're keen to rub shoulders with celebrities, head to the Hippodrom tent where Bayern Munich footballers, former tennis star Boris Becker and German actors are often sighted.
Young locals favour the Schuetzen-Festzelt tent, famous for its suckling pig in maltbeer. Even younger locals head to the Schottenhamel where Oktoberfest's first keg is tapped.
Traditional charm can be found in the Hacker tent -- decked out in white and blue, colours representing Bavaria's skies -- at the Braeurosl or Augustiner tents. The latter is the only brewery that still uses wooden kegs for storage. Its beer is also served in the Fischer Vroni tent.
The Oktoberfest tents serve local delicacies such as oxen, pork knuckles and cunningly thirst-provoking, salty pretzels. But for a less pricey version and possibly more authentic Munich meal, try one of the city's many beer gardens.
The Augustiner near the Central Station is a favourite after-work meeting spot. The Chinese Tower in the English Garden is a classic, but farther away from the main festivities. Hirschgarten is more suited for families.
If the weather is not being kind to you, you could head to the area around Marienplatz to check out the city hall and the cathedral and find a restaurant in the pedestrian zone. The Bratwurst Gloeckl offers good traditional food.
Saturday
11 a.m. - If you want to get into a beer tent but have not made a reservation, be prepared to turn up before noon. Tents open at 9 a.m. on the weekends and while there is seating for some 115,000 people in total, they shut once they are full.
On the final weekend last year, access to the entire Wiesn site had to be shut off for several hours due to overcrowding.
For your first view of the fair, try a turn on the Ferris wheel. For the more adventurous, try one of the stomach-turning rollercoasters now, rather than after sampling the beer.
The Toboggan, offering the sight of punters trying to stay upright on an uphill conveyor belt, is an all-time favourite. Its entertainment value makes up for its lack of gut-churning potential.
Once you are inside a tent, where the oompah of the brass bands mingles with the cheer of merry drinkers and sing-alongs, find a table, order drinks and food, and have fun. Prost!
Be aware though that the beer not only comes in a 1 litre 'mass' glass but at around 6 percent is also stronger than the brew you might be used to. Pace yourself or risk becoming a Bierleiche (literally translated: a beer corpse).
The litre will cost between 8.70 euros ($11.87) and 9.20 euros this year, roughly 35 cents more than last year.
Learn a few key Bavarian phrases to navigate your way around the tents: Biddscheen for please, Bierdimpfe for "tavern potato" for a notorious beer drinker (hint: don't become one) and Heisl for toilet.
11 p.m. - All but a few tents have served their last round now and will close shortly. A few places, like the Schuetzen-Festzelt, have a ritual last song of the night. So if you're into Rainhard Fendrich -- an Austrian pop star who goes down well with the Bavarian crowd too -- head to the Schuetzen for a recital of his love song "Weus'd a Herz host wia a Bergwerk" ("Because you have a heart like a mine". Yes, it works better in German).
You can either go on to Weinzelt (the wine tent) or the Kaefer tent, both of which still serve alcohol after midnight.
Alternatively, there are after-parties all over the city. Follow the locals. Surely, by now you will have befriended some. If you haven't, it may be because you didn't check out Oktoberfest's very own Bavarian dictionary at: www.oktoberfest.de/en/lexikon/.
In Schwanthalerhoehe, the district that lies downtown just beyond the monumental statue of Bavaria, many bars remain open and rowdy all night long.
If clubbing is your thing, however, and you want to dance off some of those beer-calories, try out the stylish -- if a tad pretentious -- P1 club.
Located underneath the Haus der Kunst art museum, a Nazi-built structure which hosted the infamous 1937 exhibition of "degenerate art", P1 is a favourite haunt for Munich's upper class and celebrities.
The doormen are ruthless in their entrance policy, so glam up or you'll be left standing in the cold.
Sunday
9 a.m. (or whenever you can make it out of bed) - To cure your hangover, try a walk around the English Gardens, a rare oasis of tranquility during the Oktoberfest and one of the world's largest urban parks -- more expansive than even New York's Central Park.
Don't be taken by surprise if you wander into the area reserved for naked sunbathers. The Free Body Culture (FKK) movement was founded in the early 20th century and succeeded in taking much of the smut and embarrassment out of nudity.
Another curiosity is the surfers riding the small waves at the mouth of an artificial stream running through the gardens.
An alternative relaxing destination just out of town is Lake Starnberg, formed from ice age glaciers from the Alps and offering stunning mountain views on a clear day.
The hardy can attempt a dip in the 21-km long freshwater lake, go windsurfing or sailing, while the more laid-back can simply stroll along the shore with its brightly painted wooden boathouses or hop on a ferry.
And if you still haven't had enough of the Oktoberfest, return to the Wiesn to check out more beer, rollercoasters and amusement rides.
Look after your belongings, however. So far this year's lost and found's list of curiosities includes: 460 personal identity cards, 130 mobile phones, a Viking helmet, a walking frame and several wedding rings.

Symptoms Headache

Migraine headaches often begin in childhood, adolescence or early adulthood. Migraines may progress through four stages — prodrome, aura, attack and postdrome — though you may not experience all the stages.

Prodrome
One or two days before a migraine, you may notice subtle changes that may signify an oncoming migraine, including:
Constipation
Depression
Diarrhea
Food cravings
Hyperactivity
Irritability
Neck stiffness
Aura
Most people experience migraine headaches without aura. Auras are usually visual but can also be sensory, motor or verbal disturbances. Each of these symptoms typically begins gradually, builds up over several minutes, then commonly lasts for 10 to 30 minutes. Examples of aura include:
Visual phenomena, such as seeing various shapes, bright spots or flashes of light
Vision loss
Pins and needles sensations in an arm or leg
Speech or language problems
Less commonly, an aura may be associated with aphasia or limb weakness (hemiplegic migraine).
Attack
When untreated, a migraine typically lasts from four to 72 hours, but the frequency with which headaches occur varies from person to person. You may have migraines several times a month or much less frequently. During a migraine, you may experience some of the following symptoms:
Pain on one side of your head
Pain that has a pulsating, throbbing quality
Sensitivity to light, sounds and sometimes smells
Nausea and vomiting
Blurred vision
Diarrhea
Lightheadedness, sometimes followed by fainting
Postdrome
The final phase — known as postdrome — occurs after a migraine attack, when you may feel drained and washed out, though some people report feeling mildly euphoric.
When to see a doctor
Migraine headaches are often undiagnosed and untreated. If you regularly experience signs and symptoms of migraine attacks, keep a record of your attacks and how you treated them. Then make an appointment with your doctor to discuss your headaches and decide on a treatment plan.
Even if you have a history of headaches, see your doctor if the pattern changes or your headaches suddenly feel different.
See your doctor immediately or go to the emergency room if you have any of the following signs and symptoms, which may indicate other, more serious medical problems:
An abrupt, severe headache like a thunderclap
Headache with fever, stiff neck, rash, mental confusion, seizures, double vision, weakness, numbness or trouble speaking
Headache after a head injury, especially if the headache gets worse
A chronic headache that is worse after coughing, exertion, straining or a sudden movement
New headache pain if you're older than 50

TYPES OF MIGRAINE

Symptoms

There are several types of migraine, all share basic features, and each person will suffer this headache in a unique way. Generally, however, migraine often begins as a dull ache and then develops into a constant, throbbing and pulsating pain that you may feel at the temples, as well as the front or back of one side of the head. The pain is usually accompanied by nausea and vomiting, and sensitivity to light and noise.
The two most prevalent types of migraine are migraine with aura (formerly referred to as classic migraine) and migraine without aura (formerly referred to as common migraine).
Migraine without Aura
As we have said, migraine is a vascular headache, which means the headache is associated with changes in the size of the arteries inside and around the skull. During the pre-headache phase, blood vessels constrict; when vascular dilation occurs, the migraine begins. The blood vessels are thought to become inflamed as well as swollen, and it is believed that migraine pain is caused by this inflammation, as well as by the pressure on the swollen walls of the blood vessels.
Most migraine sufferers experience two to four headaches per month; but, some people can get one every few days, and others may only have one or two a year. Most migraine headaches last at least four hours, although very severe ones can last up to a week. Headaches may begin at any time of the day or night; and while a sufferer may wake up with one, a migraine will rarely awaken a person from sleep.
Approximately one-third of migraine sufferers experience an aura prior to the headache pain.
Migraine with Aura
While most migraine sufferers experience visual problems during the headache, you may be someone whose migraine begins with an aura, a manifestation of neurological symptoms. Generally, the aura begins from five to thirty minutes before the actual onset of the headache. You may see wavy or jagged lines, dots or flashing lights; or, you experience tunnel vision or blind spots in one or both eyes. The aura can include vision or hearing hallucinations and disruptions in smell (such as strange odors), taste or touch. It can become even more disconcerting or frightening if it involves feelings of numbness, a "pins-and-needles" sensation or even difficulty in recalling or speaking the correct word. These neurological events may last sixty minutes and will fade as the headache begins.
Hemiplegic Migraine
If you suffer from this rare but severe type of migraine with aura, you probably also have a family history of it. The hemiplegic migraine often begins with temporary motor paralysis and/or sensory disturbances on one side of the body, followed by the headache -- within the hour -- which may be accompanied by numbness or the "pins and needles" sensation. When the headache appears, the initial neurological symptoms may disappear.
Ophthalmoplegic Migraine
Also a rare and severe migraine, the ophthalmoplegic migraine’s pain usually surrounds the eyeball and lasts from a few days to a few months. There may be paralysis in the muscles surrounding the eye. If these symptoms occur, you should seek immediate medical attention because the symptoms can be caused by pressure on the nerves behind the eye.
Retinal Migraine
Another rare migraine, the retinal type starts with a temporary, partial, or complete loss of vision in one eye. It is followed by a dull ache behind that eye that may spread to the rest of the head.
Basilar Artery Migraine
This very rare form of migraine is accompanied by dizziness, confusion or lack of balance. It comes on suddenly and can result in fleeting visual disturbances, the inability to speak properly, ringing in the ears, and vomiting. Throbbing occurs in the back of the head. The basilar artery migraine is strongly related to hormonal influences and primarily strikes young adult women and adolescent girls; as sufferers age, the migraine with aura may replace the basilar artery type.
Abdominal Migraine
It is difficult to diagnose this migraine because the pain is felt in the abdomen. Nausea, vomiting and diarrhea may occur, and the pain usually occurs in the middle of the abdomen. The attack typically lasts hours and occurs mostly in children as a forerunner of migraine.

What Is A Migraine

A migraine headache is a form of vascular headache. Migraine headache is caused by vasodilatation (enlargement of blood vessels) that causes the release of chemicals from nerve fibers that coil around the large arteries of the brain. Enlargement of these blood vessels stretches the nerves that coil around them and causes the nerves to release chemicals. The chemicals cause inflammation, pain, and further enlargement of the artery. The increasing enlargement of the arteries magnifies the pain.

Migraine attacks commonly activate the sympathetic nervous system in the body. The sympathetic nervous system is often thought of as the part of the nervous system that controls primitive responses to stress and pain, the so-called "fight or flight" response, and this activation causes many of the symptoms associated with migraine attacks; for example, the increased sympathetic nervous activity in the intestine causes nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
Sympathetic activity also delays emptying of the stomach into the small intestine and thereby prevents oral medications from entering the intestine and being absorbed.
The impaired absorption of oral medications is a common reason for the ineffectiveness of medications taken to treat migraine headaches.
The increased sympathetic activity also decreases the circulation of blood, and this leads to pallor of the skin as well as cold hands and feet.
The increased sympathetic activity also contributes to the sensitivity to light and sound sensitivity as well as blurred vision.
Migraine afflicts 28 million Americans, with females suffering more frequently (17%) than males (6%). Missed work and lost productivity from migraine create a significant public burden. Nevertheless, migraine still remains largely underdiagnosed and undertreated. Less than half of individuals with migraine are diagnosed by their doctors.

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Arthritis Patients

Although being physically active is one of the best ways people with osteoarthritis can alleviate pain and improve their ability to get around, a new study shows that people with the joint disease are much more sedentary than previously thought.

Researchers from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine found that more than half of women and 40 percent of men with knee osteoarthritis are basically "couch potatoes," and not engaging in the physical activity that is vital to their health.
Using a small device called an accelerometer, researchers measured the physical activity of more than 1,000 people aged 49 to 84 with radiographic knee osteoarthritis for one week.
Although federal guidelines recommend that adults with arthritis participate in 150 minutes of moderate-intensity, low-impact activity each week (about 20 minutes per day), the study revealed that fewer than one in seven men, and only one in 12 women actually met those guidelines.
Meanwhile, 40.1 percent of men and 56.5 percent of women did not sustain 10 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity over the course of the week, and were therefore deemed "inactive."
These levels of physical activity were significantly lower than what had been reported in previous studies that relied on participants' self-reported accounts of exercise and activity.
"We had assumed that people might be overstating physical activity in past self-reported data, but were surprised to find that the physical activity rates were much, much lower than what was previously reported," study author Dorothy Dunlop, an associate professor of medicine at Feinberg, said in a university news release.
Dunlop said the findings, published in the August issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, should be a "wake-up call" for doctors.
"Even though they have joint disease, patients need to be reminded that physical activity is actually good for them," Dunlop added. "People with arthritis should be as physically active as possible, even if they accomplish less than the recommended levels. When it comes to physical activity, there is good evidence that the benefits far outweigh the risks and being inactive is especially detrimental to health."

Migraine Treated

The first line of treatment is always to try and identify trigger factors, which means keeping a careful record of events, mainly of foods that have preceded an attack. Particular foods are identified as migraine triggers in about 20 per cent of sufferers. The large female preponderance within migraine sufferers points to the importance of hormonal factors, such as the menstrual cycle, which are not modifiable. Many women also find that the oral contraceptive pill worsens attacks, and if so it should be stopped. (Women who get migraines with aura, severe migraines regularly lasting over 72 hours despite treatment, or migraines that are treated with ergot medicines should not take the contraceptive pill.) People suffering a migraine should try to rest in a dark, quiet room. Treatment of migraine is most effective if given at the start of an attack. Treatments for sufferers aged under 18 may differ from older patients, so it's important to discuss this with the pharmacist before buying any over the counter remedies. They are all prescription medicines, with the exception of sumatriptan, which can now be bought from pharmacies as Imigran recovery. These drugs cause the blood vessels around the brain to contract, therefore counteracting the dilatation that seems to part of the initial migraine process. They come in various forms, including nasal sprays, injections and tablets that dissolve on the tongue, which can be useful if nausea and vomiting are a problem during the migraine. It's worth noting that using any painkillers for headaches or migraines too often or for too long can actually make the headaches worse. If you find you're getting frequent migraines and are often taking painkillers, it's important to consult your doctor for advice. Often several kinds of medication need to be tried and perhaps combined before the most effective treatment for each individual patient can be found. Alternative therapies, such as homoeopathy and acupuncture, are popular even if the evidence supporting their effectiveness is poor or absent. The herbal remedy feverfew has shown some efficacy in preventing migraine and is available over the counter as Migraherb. Lifestyle and dietary advice are always important.

Manage Your Life With Migraine Disease

The first migraine that I experienced was at the age of nineteen, approximately 2-3 weeks following the birth of my first child. It was quite horrible as I recall it... although worse migraine episodes occurred in the years to follow. My guess is that hormone changes were the onset factor in this episode. My first migraine was not looked upon with compassion by some of my family. My husband (we have since divorced) was less than sympathetic as he was unfamiliar to pain himself and did not understand how to relate to other people's pain. I also received the wrath of my then mother-in-law. She was angered that my husband was unable to escort his younger brother as planned that evening to a local baseball game because my husband was forced to stay home to care for our newborn while I was incapacitated. USA Today survey regarding Family Reaction to Migraine Sufferers indicated that our loved ones'reactions when migraines occur often range anywhere from understanding to resentment.

Symptoms If Migraine

Vision disturbances, or aura, are considered a "warning sign" that a migraine is coming. The aura occurs in both eyes and may involve any or all of the following: * A temporary blind spot * Blurred vision * Eye pain * Seeing stars or zigzag lines * Tunnel vision Not every person with migraines has an aura. Those who do usually develop one about 10 - 15 minutes before the headache. However, it may occur just a few minutes to 24 hours beforehand. Migraine headaches can be dull or severe. The pain may be felt behind the eye or in the back of the head and neck. For many patients, the headaches start on the same side each time. The headaches usually: * Feel throbbing, pounding, or pulsating * Are worse on one side of the head * Start as a dull ache and get worse within minutes to hours * Last 6 to 48 hours Other symptoms that may occur with the headache include: * Chills * Increased urination * Fatigue * Loss of appetite * Nausea and vomiting * Numbness, tingling, or weakness * Problems concentrating, trouble finding words * Sensitivity to light or sound * Sweating Symptoms that may linger even after the migraine has gone away include: * Feeling mentally dull, like your thinking is not clear or sharp * Increased need for sleep * Neck pain

Coffee Lowers Risk Of Prostate Cancer

Men who are heavy coffee drinkers are at lower risk for prostate cancer, says a study. The researchers found that those who consumed six or more cups a day were almost 20 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer over two decades than those who drank none, according to New York Times Friday. Scientists at Harvard University followed 47,911 men who periodically described their coffee consumption. More important, the heavy coffee drinkers were 60 percent less likely than the non-drinkers to develop a lethal form of the disease, it said. Even men who drank just one to three cups of coffee benefited: They were nearly 30 percent less likely to develop lethal prostate cancer, the study said. It did not matter whether the coffee was caffeinated or decaffeinated. The study, published online Tuesday in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, is one of the first to link coffee consumption to a lower risk of prostate cancer. 'We're not yet telling men to drink more coffee,' the daily quoted the lead author of the study Kathryn M. Wilson, research fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health, as saying. 'But there's mounting evidence that if they do, they don't have to worry about it,' she said. Coffee is a major dietary source of antioxidants, and other studies have suggested that drinking it is associated with health benefits, including a lower risk of Type 2 diabetes.

Cheap diabetes drug could elp Fight Breast Cancer

A low cost diabetes drug could benefit breast cancer sufferers. Anthony Howell, director of the breakthrough breast cancer research unit at the University of Manchester, said: 'We have some way to go but we hope that drugs like metformin will be saving lives of breast cancer patients over the next few years.' Scientists have developed a new test that identifies patients who could benefit from the cheap treatment, reports the journal Cell Cycle. They found that the people whose cancer cells 'fed' off high-energy compounds were more likely to see their tumours spread than to die, the Telegraph reports. This meant they could be helped by being given metformin, which stops the 'fuel supply' for aggressive cancer cells. Howell's counterpart, Michael Lisanti at Manchester, said: 'We've shown that the saying, 'you are what you eat' holds true for cancer. The food cancer cells consume is crucial to how well a patient does and what treatment they need.' 'However, patients could benefit from metformin, which cuts off this fuel supply. There is more work to do but this test could be an important new way of tailoring treatments to a patient's needs, across a range of cancers.' Last year it was reported that metformin was being tested to see if it can stop the growth of lung cancers. Researchers from Manchester and Thomas Jefferson University in the US studied 219 breast cancer patients and worked out which ones had tumours that fed on high-energy foods, known as ketones and lactate, found in healthy cells.

Hormonal Deficiencies

Most studies involving hormone deficiency and aging have focused on the relationship between individual hormones and specific age-associated disease. In a recently released study, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine investigated the possibility that frailty would mostly likely manifest in the presence of deficits in multiple hormones. They studied the relationships of serum levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), DHEAS, and unbound testosterone with frailty status in aging women. The study used 494 women aged 70 to 79 years who were enrolled in the Women's Health and Aging Studies I or II. Scientists calculated the odds of frailty for deficiency of each hormone, which they defined as the bottom quartile of hormone level. They found that for each hormone, those with a deficiency were more likely to be frail than those without a deficiency. Compared with women who showed no hormonal deficiencies, those with one deficiency were somewhat more likely to be frail. However, those women with two or three deficiencies had a very high likelihood of being frail. The odds ratio for frailty for these women was 2.79, meaning that women who were deficient in more than one hormone had almost a 3 times greater risk of being frail than women who were not hormonally deficient. The scientists concluded that the absolute burden of hormonal deficiencies in the bodies of aging women was a stronger predictor of frailty status than the type of hormonal deficiency. They found the relationship to be exponential, and suggestive of generalized endocrine dysfunction in the frailty syndrome. This study may be found in the January 31 edition of Journals of Gerontology Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. People diagnosed as frail lose the ability to care for themselves and live independently Frailty is characterized by unexplained weight loss, exhaustion, weak grip, slow walking speed, and generalized low energy levels. Women who are frail are the most vulnerable, most at risk for disability or death, and are the highest users of medical care. In a nationwide study of 5,000 older adults, those who were frail were found to be six times more likely to die than those who were not over a three-year period, and more than three times more likely to die over a seven-year period. After seven years, 43 percent of those who were frail had died, compared to 23 percent of those who were classified as intermediate, and 12 percent of those who were robust. A diagnosis of frailty is made based on symptoms such as shrinking (unintentional weight loss of at least 10 pounds or 5 percent of body weight compared to a year ago), weakness (grip strength in the lowest 20th percentile), poor endurance and energy (self-reported exhaustion), slowness (the most time it takes to walk 15 feet), and low physical activity level (the lowest 20 percent in physical activity compared to others). Frail women have a very high incidence of osteoporosis. They are the most likely group to suffer falls that result in broken bones, and may even suffer broken bones without a fall. Frail women and men are the highest users of disease establishment services and are the most likely to be admitted to nursing homes. Men with multiple hormonal deficiencies are more than twice as likely to die Aging in men is also characterized by progressive decline in levels of hormones such as testosterone, IGF-1, and DHEAS. In a study at the National Institute on Aging, scientists investigated whether deficiencies in these hormones were associated with higher mortality. Testosterone, IGF-1, DHEAS, and demographic factors were evaluated in 410 men age 65 and older enrolled in the Aging in the Chianti Area Study. The men were divided into four groups: no hormone in the lowest reference quartile, and 1, 2, and 3 hormones in the lowest quartiles. Compared with men having levels of all 3 hormones above the lowest quartiles, having 1, 2, and 3 deficient hormones was associated with hazard ratios for mortality of 1.47, 1.85, and 2.29. This means that men deficient in 3 hormones were more than two and one-quarter times more likely to die. The scientists concluded that age associated decline in hormone levels is a strong independent predictor of mortality in older men. Having multiple hormone deficiencies is a reliable biomarker of health status in older men. This study is from the November, 2007 Archives of Internal Medicine. Hormonally deficient men with chronic heart failure have the poorest prognosis In men with chronic heart failure, hormone depletion is common. A deficiency of each hormone is an independent marker of poor prognosis according to a study at the Military Hospital of Wroclaw, Poland. Serum levels of total testosterone, DHEAS, and IGF-1 were obtained from 208 men with chronic heart failure who were hospitalized or treated as outpatients, and from a reference population of 366 men free of chronic disease. Deficiencies in DHEAS, total and unbound testosterone, and IGF-1, defined as serum levels at or below the 10th percentile of healthy peers, were seen across all age categories of men with chronic heart failure. DHEAS deficiency correlated positively with left ventricular disturbance. Testosterone measures and IGF-1 levels were prognostic biomarkers. Men with chronic heart failure and normal levels of all hormones had the best 3 year survival rate (83 percent) compared to those with 1 hormone deficiency (74 percent survival rate), 2 hormone deficiencies (55 percent survival rate), and 3 hormone deficiencies (27 percent) survival rate. This study is from the October 24, 2006 edition of Circulation.

How To Get Rid Of A Migraine

If you are a migraine headache sufferer you know how important it is to get pain relief fast. A migraine can be so severe that it can put a stop to your whole day. Many people who have migraines may have two or more each month. This article will examine a few ways to get rid of a migraine headache. If you experience auras with your migraines then you have a warning system in place. It you start to notice bright flashes of light, dark spots in your field of vision or zigzag lines in your vision field, then you are about to develop a migraine. Take an over the counter NSAIDS right away. These drugs such as, Advil and Motrin can help with mild pain from migraines. It is probably a good idea to lie down in a dark, quiet, room also. A cool cloth applied to the forehead may be of some comfort. If your migraines are severe, you need to see your doctor. He will prescribe prescription strength migraine medicine for you such as,Imitrex. This was the first drug that was developed specifically to treat migraines. Imitrex acts like serotonin and binds itself to the serotonin receptors in the brain. This cause the blood vessels to constrict, therefore relieving the pressure on the brain and the migraine pain. Since Imitrex was developed a few other drugs have been created also. They work in similar ways to Imitrex but have fewer side effects and will cause fewer rebound headaches. Since nausea is a common complication that occurs with a migraine, your doctor may prescribe an anti-emetic medication such as Reglan, Compazine or Phenergan. These medicines do not decrease the pain from a migraine, but they can stop the nausea and vomiting associated with it. Some of these drugs do have the ability to make you relaxed and very sleepy. Being more relaxed can help your pain medicine work better and possibly shorten the duration of your migraine. The best thing you can do for your migraines is to find out what causes them. Keep a diary and try to pinpoint certain triggers that may set off a migraine headache. Some people are overly sensitive to certain perfumes or flowers. Others may develop a migraine after eating certain foods. Your other option is to talk to your doctor about preventive medicines for migraine headaches. Studies have found that certain cardiovascular drugs and certain antidepressant medications have been highly effective in the prevention of migraines. New studies are being done all the time. Who knows, maybe eventually they will find a cure for your migraine headaches. But for now all you can do is try to prevent them or if you feel one coming on, try to treat it as quickly as possible.