by Dr Robbins | Apr 11, 2012 | Headache Drugs
A new study from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden reports that soccer players have superior executive functions, the brain processes responsible for planning and abstract thinking… the more elite the player, the better these functions. This ability is called...
by Dr Robbins | Apr 10, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Sleep apnea and lack of sleep are more likely seen in children with migraine. A study conducted at St. Christopher Hospital for Children, Drexel University, in Philadelphia found that children with migraine were twice as likely to have sleep apnea. Sleep apnea, also...
by Dr Robbins | Apr 9, 2012 | Headache Drugs
According to research published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, most children who suffer from chronic daily headache may outgrow the condition. The study found 60% of the children no longer had chronic daily headache after one...
by Dr Robbins | Apr 9, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Many with NDPH noted a flu-like illness, or a virus, shortly before the sudden onset of the headache; however, even though EBV(the mono virus) is found in most with NDPH, the association with a virus is murky at best. Stress, after surgery, toxic exposures, these are...
by Dr Robbins | Apr 8, 2012 | Headache Drugs
NDPH occurs when someone rather suddenly has the onset of daily headache; the headache is usually a mixture of tension and migraine type features. The headache may start over hours or one day, often in someone with no previous serious history of headache. While we...