by Dr Robbins | Feb 10, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Tai Chi, a self-paced system of gentle, physical movements may help the impaired balance of people with mild or moderate Parkinson’s disease. A small study conducted at the Oregon Research Institute found that tai chi participants had better balance, and fewer...
by Dr Robbins | Feb 9, 2012 | Headache Drugs
We hear discussion regarding migraine triggers all the time. Why do they start and why do they stop? Hormonal fluctuations, stress, and barometric changes are just a few triggers of migraine onset. Recently however the question “how does migraine stop?”...
by Dr Robbins | Feb 8, 2012 | Headache Drugs
For many migraineurs, the headaches they experience do not always feel the same. At times one may feel a dull, generalized headache that occurs with aura. At other times, the migraine may be felt on one side of the head, but it throbs, and nausea and vomiting are also...
by Dr Robbins | Feb 7, 2012 | Headache Drugs
People with headache have anxiety and/or depression at higher rates than those without headaches; we look at these conditions as “shared comorbidities” that people inherit. When people are born, they are more prone, genetically, to these conditions. I...
by Dr Robbins | Feb 6, 2012 | Headache Drugs
The degree of pain a person feels is partially regulated by the firing rate of nerve cells in the affected area. It may be possible to reduce pain by blocking a gene that regulates the electrical signaling in the body. Scientists at the University of Cambridge tested...
