by Sue Robbins | Aug 18, 2020 | Migraine
When Jennifer Latson began having migraines at 12, she wasn’t sure exactly what was going on. She just knew she felt terrible. “I would be out sick for a day or two each month,” she said. “It was intense pain, and it made me puke constantly.” Her parents...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 17, 2020 | Miscellaneous
The more intense the lighting in teenagers’ neighborhoods, the poorer their sleep and the greater their risk for depression and anxiety. Artificial outdoor light at night may disrupt adolescents’ sleep and raise the risk for psychiatric disorders, a new study...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 13, 2020 | Migraine
I was sitting in my neurologist’s office, as my doctor and I reviewed the long list of things we’d already tried to treat my chronic migraine—supplements and hard-to-pronounce drugs, abortive and preventative medications, near-misses and...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 12, 2020 | Miscellaneous
Despite spending around one-third of our lives in the land of nod, sleep still holds many mysteries. Scientists are chipping away at the details, but the wonder of slumber is much more complex than it appears. In this Special Feature, we dispel some common myths....
by Sue Robbins | Aug 9, 2020 | Miscellaneous
Since the start of the pandemic, many people around the world have noticed uncanny changes in the nature of their nightly dreams. They report having stranger, more unsettling, and more vivid dreams. We have spoken to two dream experts to better...
