by Dr Robbins | May 6, 2012 | Headache Drugs
The journal Headache recently published the results of a study of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The soldiers had suffered deployment-related concussions. Soldiers with chronic daily headache, defined as headaches occurring 15 or more days per month,...
by Dr Robbins | May 6, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Painkillers, particularly opioids, have been under attack in the U.S.. The media rails against overuse of pain meds, how regulatory departments do not sanction “bad” doctors enough, how many people overdose and die, etc. etc.. That all has some truth to...
by Dr Robbins | May 4, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Dr. Roger Cady, founder of the Headache Care Center in Springfield, Missouri, and a leader in the field of headache and migraine research recently spoke with Head Wise Magazine about the issues surrounding migraine patients. He believes the most common need people...
by Dr Robbins | May 3, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Recent research challenges the common belief that problems with nighttime sleep and daytime tiredness are more common in older adults. The study looked at 155,877 Americans…. of those, the people over the age of 80 were actually less likely to have sleep...
by Dr Robbins | May 2, 2012 | Headache Drugs
When given in high doses, the drug naltrexone has been effective in blocking the effects of heroin and other narcotics in addicts. Because the person does not experience a high on naltrexone, he or she can overcome the addiction to the narcotic. Naltrexone can also...
by Dr Robbins | May 1, 2012 | Headache Drugs
French researchers have recently published results from a study looking at older women, and their vitamin D intakes. After following the women for seven years, the researchers concluded that the women who did not take a daily vitamin D supplement at the start of the...
