by Sue Robbins | Sep 24, 2014 | Headache Drugs
According to research presented at the 56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society, most cases of new daily persistent headache (NDPH) are associated with a precipitating event such as a flu-like or viral illness. Robert P. Cowan, MD, Clinical...
by Sue Robbins | Sep 22, 2014 | Headache Drugs
Northwestern University scientists have developed the first blood test to diagnose major depression in adults. It is considered a breakthrough approach that provides the first objective, scientific diagnosis for depression. The test identifies depression by measuring...
by Sue Robbins | Sep 4, 2014 | Headache Drugs
In the first study of it’s kind to evaluate sex differences in THC, the key ingredient in cannabis, researchers have found that smoking the concentrated marijuana of today may be riskier for women – due to the hormone estrogen. Previous studies have found...
by Sue Robbins | Sep 2, 2014 | Headache Drugs
According to an overview presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, many patients’ sleep complaints are comorbid with pain disorders. Alon Avidan, MD, MPH, a neurologist at the Ronald Reagan University of California, Los Angeles,...
by Sue Robbins | Sep 1, 2014 | Headache Drugs
The amount of peanut butter eaten in the United States each year could wrap the Earth in a ribbon of 18-ounce jars one and one-third times, according to the National Peanut Board. A new method for removing allergens from peanuts could potentially increase the ribbon...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 29, 2014 | Headache Drugs
A team of Stanford neurologists have found evidence that chronic pain triggers a series of molecular changes in the brain that may weaken patients’ motivation. “There is an actual physiologic change that happens,” said Dr. Neil Schwartz, a...
