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Leeches suck blood from the neck of a patient at the clinic of doctor Tatijana Gambar in Porec, west Croatia December 17, 2013. The clinic uses leeches to treat, among other things, migraines.

Could migraine suffers finally have a new form of effective relief?

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Migraine sufferers have had few options. Dark rooms. Quiet places. Maybe Botox. But a new scientific discovery suggests a medication may be on the way to give them a little relief.Migraine sufferers have had few options. Dark rooms. Quiet places. Maybe Botox. But a new scientific discovery suggests a medication may be on the way to give them a little relief.

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