by Sue Robbins | Mar 25, 2013 | Headache Drugs
Cephalgia has published an article discussing the 2010 Global Burden of Disease Survey ranking migraine as the 7th highest specific cause of disability globally (based upon ictal disability, i.e. during migraine attack). This is an important recognition for migraine...
by Sue Robbins | Mar 24, 2013 | Headache Drugs
A small study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins that looked at women with migraine has been published in the March issue of the journal Headache. “This study takes the first steps in identifying a potential biomarker for migraine that predicts treatment...
by Sue Robbins | Mar 22, 2013 | Headache Drugs
Monster Energy Corporation recently joined the American Beverage Association, which has recommended it sell it’s products as a food, rather than as dietary supplements. While the content of the products will not change, it’s labels will begin to include...
by Dr Robbins | Mar 21, 2013 | Headache Drugs
In the early 1990s researchers linked an epidemic of kidney disease among Belgium women to herbal medicines being dispensed at a weight loss clinic. They discovered at the time that aristolochic acid (AA), which is part of a group of plants called birthwort or...
by Dr Robbins | Mar 19, 2013 | Headache Drugs
I saw an article on the Good Rx website that raised the issue of pill splitting – is it okay, when is it okay, when is it not okay, etc. Here is how Dr. Sharon Orrange, MD MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Southern California, and blogger...
by Dr Robbins | Mar 18, 2013 | Headache Drugs
Deborah Barrett, PhD, LCSW, is a clinical associate professor at the University of North Carolina School of Social Work, and the author of the book called “Paintracking:Your Personal Guide to Living Well with Chronic Pain.” Barrett starts with the...
