by Sue Robbins | Aug 6, 2013 | Headache Drugs
What can happen when you drink something cold too fast, or eat ice-cream? The scientific term is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, but the simpler term is brain freeze. It’s your body’s way of telling you to slow down and take it easy with the icy drink or...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 4, 2013 | Headache Drugs
The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, located at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston trains new doctors to incorporate mind-body techniques into their practice. Dr. Herbert Benson, a founder of the institute pioneered research on the relaxation...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 2, 2013 | Headache Drugs
Anemia – a deficiency of red blood cells, and a condition often seen in the elderly has been tied to an increase in the risk for dementia. A large recent study which followed over 2500 healthy men and women with an average age of 76 was published online in the...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 1, 2013 | Headache Drugs
Governor Pat Quinn signed a bill today enacting a law that legalizes the use of marijuana to treat many life-threatening and disabling illnesses. A spokesman for the governor said the new law would “ease pain for those who suffer from debilitating medical...
by Sue Robbins | Jul 31, 2013 | Headache Drugs
Past research has shown that rare mutations in a gene called SCN9A give some people complete immunity to pain. A handful of pharmaceutical companies are now working to develop drugs to imitate that genetic mutation. Rather than muting pain by reducing inflammation,...
by Sue Robbins | Jul 30, 2013 | Headache Drugs
While adhering to a Mediterranean-style diet has previously been linked to lower risk of heart disease, stroke and metabolic syndrome, new evidence suggests it’s also associated with less damage to small blood vessels in the brain. Hannah Gardener, ScD, of the...
