Friday, August 6, 2010

Warm weather, cold beer, hot dogs can bring on headaches

Image: Hot dogs are stacked up before the start of Nathan's annual hot dog eating contest in the Coney Island section of New York

Favorite summer foods can leave you feeling icky

“Mind-numbing headaches are more likely to strike as the mercury rises, a recent Harvard University study says. The researchers found that for every 5°C increase in temperature, the risk of severe headache jumped by 7.5 percent. That's bad news for the more than 8 percent of American men who suffer from migraines or severe headaches — an ailment inversely correlated with age, according to a 2008 Centers for Disease Control report.”

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