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Headache Headlines
New National Guidelines For Treatment Of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
People with bleeding brain aneurysms have the best chance of survival and full recovery if they receive aggressive emergency treatment from a specialized team at a hospital that treats a large number of patients like them every year, according to new guidelines just published by the American Stroke Association...
Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Study Of Indoor Air Quality Risks In United Arab Emirates Is Culturally Sensitive
The rapid shift from nomadic life to modern-day culture in the United Arab Emirates has exposed residents to significant indoor air quality risks that can lead to respiratory illness, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
Fri, 11 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Technology Eases Migraine Pain In The Deep Brain
Migraine pain sits at the upper end of the typical pain scale - an angry-red section often labeled "severe." At this intensity, pain is debilitating. Yet many sufferers do not get relief from - or cannot tolerate - over-the-counter and commonly prescribed pain medications. Recently, a team of researchers that includes Dr...
Wed, 02 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Botox Helps Migraines "a Little"
Using botulinum toxin A (Botox) injections for chronic migraine sufferers helps them "a little", and does not appear to be the amazing therapy some people believe or claim it to be, researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee reported in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)...
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Chronic Migraine Headache Sufferers Benefit Only Modestly From Botox Injections
A study published in the April 25 issue of JAMA reveals that individuals suffering from chronic migraine headaches and chronic daily headaches may receive a small to modest benefit using botulinum toxin A ("Botox") injections. However, the researchers found botox did not provide greater benefit than placebo for preventing episodic migraine or chronic tension-type headaches. The U.S...
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
'Brain Freeze' Headaches May Be Caused By Changes In Brain's Blood Flow
'Brain freeze' is a nearly universal experience - almost everyone has felt the near-instantaneous headache brought on by a bite of ice cream or slurp of ice-cold soda on the upper palate. However, scientists are still at a loss to explain this phenomenon...
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Migraines - Many Treatments Work, But Few Use Them
Although several preventive migraine treatments are very effective for many patients, few sufferers use them, according to new American Academy of Neurology guidelines. The guidelines have been published in the journal Neurology and will be presented tomorrow at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual meeting in New Orleans. Author Stephen D...
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Why Do We Get Brain Freeze? Scientists Explain
Harvard Medical School scientists who say they have a better idea of what causes brain freeze, believe that their study could eventually pave the way to more effective treatments for various types of headaches, such as migraine-related ones, or pain caused by brain injuries...
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Study Finds Medicare And Medicaid CT Scan Measure Unreliable
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have published findings that question the reliability of a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) quality measure...
Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Migraine Increases Risk Of Depression In Women
Research released today and scheduled to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, April 21 to April 28, shows that women who have a tendency for migraines or have had them in the past, have a greater risk for developing depression. The study gathered data on more than 36,000 women, who were all classified as not having depression...
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Our Moods Affected By Even Mild Dehydration
Most people only think about drinking water when they are thirsty; but by then it may already be too late. Even mild dehydration can alter a person's mood, energy level, and ability to think clearly, according to two studies recently conducted at the University of Connecticut's Human Performance Laboratory...
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Link Between Infants' Colic And Mothers' Migraines
A study of mothers and their young babies by neurologists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has shown that mothers who suffer migraine headaches are more than twice as likely to have babies with colic than mothers without a history of migraines...
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Migraine Self-Management Improved And Migraine-Related Psychological Distress Reduced By painACTION.com
painACTION.com* is a free, non-promotional online program designed to support self-management and improve overall function in people with chronic pain. This study tested painACTION.com's ability to increase the use of self-management skills in people with chronic migraine headaches. A total of 185 participants completed the study. Participants exposed to painACTION...
Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
New Clinical Trial Guidelines For Migraine
Experts from the International Headache Society (IHS) have developed new recommendations for conduct of acute and preventive migraine clinical trials. The third edition of Migraine Clinical Trials Guidelines is now available in the IHS journal Cephalalgia, which is published by SAGE...
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
The Effects On The Brain Of Magic Mushrooms
Brain scans of people under the influence of the psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, have given scientists the most detailed picture to date of how psychedelic drugs work...
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Migraine - The Enigma Of Trial Results
In order to find out the effect of acupuncture compared with sham acupuncture in treating migraines, a team of investigators carried out a randomized controlled human trial. 480 individuals at 9 hospitals in China who experienced migraines for over one year, with two or three migraines in the 3 months prior to the investigation, were enrolled to participate in the study...
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Difficulties In Treating Migraines Highlighted By Two Randomized Controlled Trials
Acupuncture and sham acupuncture appear equally effective in treating migraines, according to a clinical trial published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). An international team of researchers conducted a randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of acupuncture compared with sham acupuncture in treating migraines in 480 patients at nine hospitals in China...
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Headaches After Traumatic Brain Injury Highest In Adolescents And Girls
More than half a million children in the U.S. sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) every year. Adults who suffer TBI often report headaches afterward, but little is known about how often children suffer headaches after similar injuries...
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Painful Migraines Linked To Higher Depression Risk
Individuals who have migraines have a higher chance of experiencing major depressive episodes, researchers from the University of Calgary, Canada, reported in the journal Headache. The authors added that the higher risk is there the other way round - that those with major depressive episodes are also at a higher risk of having migraines...
Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Headaches Take Toll On Soldiers
Headaches, a virtually universal human complaint at one time or another, are among the top reasons for medical evacuation of military personnel from Iraq and Afghanistan, and for ongoing depletion of active-duty ranks in those countries, according to research led by Johns Hopkins specialists...
Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Looking For A Link Between Seizures And Migraine In Soldiers With TBI
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects many Americans: high school athletes, drivers and passengers in motor vehicle accidents, and victims of domestic violence, to name a few. Some of the most striking effects of brain injury are seen in our soldiers and veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan...
Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Exercise Just As Good As Drugs At Preventing Migraines
Although exercise is often prescribed as a treatment for migraine, there has not previously been sufficient scientific evidence that it really works. However, research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has now shown that exercise is just as good as drugs at preventing migraines...
Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Europe May Have Less Headaches: New Neuro Migraine Device Approved
In a move that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) turned down earlier this year based on a lack of evidence that it actually works, St. Jude Medical has won European CE regulatory approval for the use of its implanted neurostimulation device for patients with severe chronic migraine headaches...
Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
St. Jude Medical Announces European Regulatory Approval Of First Implanted Neurostimulation Device To Treat Chronic Migraine
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, announced it has received the industry's first and only regulatory approval for the use of an implanted neurostimulation device for patients with intractable chronic migraine...
Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Cluster Headache - It's Nice When It Stops
Cluster headache has a substantial detrimental effect on quality of life. New invasive procedures, such as hypothalamic deep brain stimulation and bilateral occipital nerve stimulation, may help patients with chronic refractory headache...
Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
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