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Ann I. Scher

Researcher at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Publications -  112
Citations -  11269

Ann I. Scher is an academic researcher from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Migraine & Population. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 101 publications receiving 9436 citations. Previous affiliations of Ann I. Scher include Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine & National Institutes of Health.

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Chronic pain disorders and headache chronification.

TL;DR: Findings from population-based studies on headache and other pain disorders and how they relate to each other are highlighted, with a focus on understanding headache chronification.
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Migraine and the social selection vs causation hypotheses: a question larger than either/or?

TL;DR: The social causation hypothesis suggests that factors associated with low SES increase the likelihood of disease onset or prolonged disease duration and the social selection or “downward drift” theory postulates that the disease itself limits an individual's educational and occupational achievements.
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Medication overuse headache: The trouble with prevalence estimates:

TL;DR: Headache occurring on 15 or more days/month in a patient with a pre-existing primary headache and developing as a consequence of regular overuse of acute or symptomatic headache medication for more than 3 months usually resolves after the overuse is stopped.
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Perceived body weight status of youngsters interferes with headache in obese and non-obese subjects: a response.

TL;DR: The population data suggest that migraine is comorbid with obesity and that this increased risk of migraine in those with obesity is most evident in those under the age of 50 (ie, those of reproductive age) and women.