by Sue Robbins | Nov 18, 2019 | Migraine
A wave of recent research has begun to explore theories involving metabolic causes for migraine that promise new therapeutic directions and plausible strategies to prevent future migraines. Migraine has been a known medical entity for centuries, and yet there is still...
by Sue Robbins | Nov 17, 2019 | Migraine
Numbness means an absence of feeling or loss of sensation. A numb face can be a symptom of one of many health conditions, including migraine and allergies. Numbness on any part of the body usually occurs as a result of damage to the nerves or a disturbance in their...
by Sue Robbins | Nov 14, 2019 | Migraine
I’ve been fighting the pain of chronic migraines for years. I’ve become a master at dealing with the debilitating side effects that go along with these crippling headaches: lack of appetite, insomnia, mood swings–don’t even get me started on all the...
by Sue Robbins | Nov 8, 2019 | Migraine
Eli Lilly, Allergan and Biohaven have a lot riding on their forthcoming migraine launches, and now cost-effectiveness watchdog ICER has come out with some less-than-stellar findings from data supporting the drugs. The Institute for Clinical and Economic...
by Sue Robbins | Nov 2, 2019 | Migraine
A significant proportion of children who present to headache clinics have joint hypermobility, according to data presented at the 48th national meeting of the Child Neurology Society. Furthermore, patients with joint hypermobility have a high rate of headache...
by Sue Robbins | Oct 30, 2019 | Migraine
The Trump administration on Thursday instructed doctors to use more caution when taking chronic pain patients off opioid medications, a response to reports that many have been cutting off prescriptions too quickly, in some cases even dismissing patients from their...