from MSN. Link below

Top 10 Migraine Hot Spots

 

Cincinnati

Madison, Wis.

Little Rock-North Little Rock, Ark.

Knoxville, Tenn.

St. Louis

Nashville, Tenn.

Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, Tenn./Va.

Chattanooga, Tenn.

Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, S.C.

Canton-Massillon, Ohio

 

http://health.msn.com/centers/headaches/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100132899&GT1=7985

I've never had a migraine, I live in NKY though.....so lucky me.

Those are some pretty random places

may not be random. actually many of them have in common that they generally, well, suck. I have been to all except Cincinnati and Madison ...and those may be the couple that don't.

Hooray for random lists!  Looks like I live in migraine land, too.  From that link, the factors in the rankings:

 

The ranking is based on four categories of data:

 

1. The number of migraine-related drug prescriptions per capita (triptan-class drugs).

2. Lifestyle factors that can contribute to migraines (hours worked, overtime worked, plane travel, frequency of vigorous exercise, frequency of having trouble sleeping, frequency of sunburn).

3. Environmental factors that can trigger migraines (rapidly changing weather, extreme temperatures, divorce rate, commute time, crime rate, suicide rate).

4. Consumption of migraine-triggering foods (citrus fruits and juices, cheese, chocolate, pickles, sour cream, nuts, alcohol, pizza, coffee, tea, cola, hot dogs, sausage, peanut butter).

Hooray for random lists!  Looks like I live in migraine land, too.  From that link, the factors in the rankings:

 

The ranking is based on four categories of data:

 

1. The number of migraine-related drug prescriptions per capita (triptan-class drugs).

2. Lifestyle factors that can contribute to migraines (hours worked, overtime worked, plane travel, frequency of vigorous exercise, frequency of having trouble sleeping, frequency of sunburn).

3. Environmental factors that can trigger migraines (rapidly changing weather, extreme temperatures, divorce rate, commute time, crime rate, suicide rate).

4. Consumption of migraine-triggering foods (citrus fruits and juices, cheese, chocolate, pickles, sour cream, nuts, alcohol, pizza, coffee, tea, cola, hot dogs, sausage, peanut butter).

I fail to see the correlation between their factors and geographic location  :? :? Maybe temperature change. I read a biased forbes review that said "no wonder half of metro Cincinnatians are on some kind of anti-depressant". Maybe that's somehow related lol.

the methodology of this "study" has some flaws indeed.

I thought it was internet poll that C-Dawg went off on.  :evil: