by Dr Robbins | Jan 22, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Algorithms(decision trees) do not work for headache patients(some illnesses, such as diabetes or high blood pressure, are more amenable to algorithms). So, official “guidelines” as to headache treatment do not work very well. This is becuase everybody is...
by Dr Robbins | Jan 21, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Relative humidity, barometric pressure, temperature and precipitation can trigger headache for many migraineurs. Lisa Mannix, MD, Headache Associates, West Chester, Ohio believes the change in weather pattern, not the distinct weather itself is the triggering factor....
by Dr Robbins | Jan 20, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston have recently identified three genes in which a genetic variation is linked to an increased risk for migraine headache. Of these newly identified genes, one is solely connected to women. This discovery may...
by Dr Robbins | Jan 19, 2012 | Headache Drugs
“What did we do before the Internet?” That’s the question Columbia University psychologist Betsy Sparrow asked her husband four years ago after looking up some movie trivia online. Has Google, and its ability to to pass on information to us at...
by Dr Robbins | Jan 18, 2012 | Headache Drugs
We have an inner biological pacemaker, known as the circadian clock. Circadian comes from the Latin circa (“about”) and diem (“a day”). This timekeeper, based on the daily cycles of light and dark influence many of our physiological rhythms...
