What is New….

We need newer preventives, but have no new preventives since Topamax about 12 years ago; Botox recieved an official approval for migraine last November. This year I expect the approval of an inhaled version of DHE, Levadex(from Map Pharmaceuticals) to be approved; it...

White Matter Changes and Migraine

WE(my partner in this research is Dr. Cam Leith) just presented the results of a 3 year study on DTI(diffusion tensor imaging) of the White Matter in those with Chronic Migraine. We presented the results at the AHS meetings in Washington, and submitted the article to...

Men relax best when wives are busy

Just one more confirmation of the differences between men and women: A study at UCLA reveals that in dual income households, men appear to de-stress best when they are relaxing while their wives are doing chores, in fact happiest when not asked to “chip in”.  On the...

Migraine relief from tinted glasses

An interesting study published in Cephalalgia suggests that precision-tinted glasses seem to help prevent migraines in people whose pain is triggered by certain visual patterns. The lead author of the study, Dr. Jie Huang, associate professor of radiology at Michigan...

Vitamin D Deficiency and Tension-Type Headache

Vitamin D deficiency is the source of multiple health issues. One such concern was explored in a study by Drs. S Prakash and N Shah, MD., which supports the association of Vitamin D deficiency and chronic tension-type headache. This study was reported in Headache and...

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