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A scientific study headed by a Muslim neurologist (''Dr. Ibrahim Abu-Salameh, Dr. Igal Plecht, Dr. Gal Ifergan, Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba, published in the Journal of Headache and Pain''), finds migraines are three times more common during Ramadan, affecting an estimated 90 million Muslims: | |||
{{Quote||An estimated 90 million of the world’s 1.57 billion Muslims are likely to suffer from migraine headaches during the dawn-to-dusk fasts during the month of Ramadan – which begins on Wednesday, at the height of summer heat. But Jewish researchers in the US and Israel have suggested how to help prevent the problem. | {{Quote||An estimated 90 million of the world’s 1.57 billion Muslims are likely to suffer from migraine headaches during the dawn-to-dusk fasts during the month of Ramadan – which begins on Wednesday, at the height of summer heat. But Jewish researchers in the US and Israel have suggested how to help prevent the problem. | ||