How Wagner’s operas held secrets of his disabling migraines and headaches
In a paper published in the Christmas edition of The BMJ, researchers have looked at how German composer Richard Wagner’s disabling migraines and headaches influenced his operas. As composer of...
View ArticleChewing Gum is Often the Culprit for Migraine Headaches in Teens
Teenagers are notorious for chewing a lot of gum. The lip smacking, bubble popping, discarded gum stuck to the sole give teachers and parents a headache. Now, Dr. Nathan Watemberg of Tel Aviv...
View ArticleAdding cognitive behavioral therapy to treatment of pediatric migraine...
Among children and adolescents with chronic migraine, the use of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) resulted in greater reductions in headache frequency and migraine-related disability compared with...
View ArticleStudy finds that information is as important as medication in reducing...
The information that clinicians provide to patients when prescribing treatments has long been thought to play a role in the way that patients respond to drug therapies. Now an innovative study of...
View ArticleJailbreaking yeast could amp up wine’s health benefits, reduce morning-after...
University of Illinois scientists have engineered a “jailbreaking” yeast that could greatly increase the health benefits of wine while reducing the toxic byproducts that cause your morning-after...
View ArticlePeople who suffer migraine headaches may be at double the risk of stroke
People who suffer migraine headaches with auras are at roughly double the risk of suffering the most common type of stroke. The risk is more than tripled in migraine sufferers who smoke. And...
View ArticleMuscle weakness may contribute to tension headaches
Strength training might help prevent tension headaches, or at least reduce their pain, according to a small Danish study. Researchers found that neck and shoulder muscles were up to 26 percent weaker...
View ArticleStudies at American Headache Society Meeting show promise in new migraine...
Migraine researchers and clinicians are growing excited about a new class of drugs called Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) monoclonal antibodies, which are showing promise in treating...
View ArticlePeople who suffer migraine headaches may be at double the risk of stroke
People who suffer migraine headaches with auras are at roughly double the risk of suffering the most common type of stroke. The risk is more than tripled in migraine sufferers who smoke. And...
View ArticleSPG Stimulation Alleviates Cluster Headache
A novel investigational implanted nerve stimulator device continues to alleviate pain at 2 years in two thirds of patients with refractory cluster headache, new data suggest. The latest findings for...
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