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New treatment effective for most severe kind of headache

A nasal spray is safe and effective at rapidly treating cluster headaches, which are considered to be the most painful kind of headache with few treatment options, according to a study published in the Aug. 28, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

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