Robbins Headache Clinic Blog
Do Something and Have Fun!
Exercising may decrease headaches. It is certainly crucial for weight loss. To get the most of the benefits of exercise, you only need to think of exercising in small chunks of time, even 10 to 15 minutes. Most people are able to fit exercise more easily into their...
Stress Busters
James E. Porter, a blogger at Huffington Post has some fresh ideas for lowering your stress levels. Here's what he has to say.... Stop rushing. We rush around everywhere we go. We're almost addicted to it. Try spending one day where you don't rush anywhere. Get up...
Depression and Teens
A cognitive-behavioral prevention program to prevent depressive symptoms for teens may still be effective years later, according to a new study. "We have already shown that the intervention was more effective than usual care but it is surprising that we are still...
Autumn Allergy Triggers
Many people associate allergies with springtime, but ragweed pollen and outdoor molds that arrive in the fall bring just as much misery. Thirty-six million Americans endure burning, itchy eyes, sneezing, sniffles, and chapped nostrils caused by allergic rhinitis or...
Natural Remedies
Natural remedies may help, without the common side effects seen with our usual preventives. Petadolex is an improved form of the herb butterbur, where the molecule that we worry about in butterbur is limited. Petadolex is effective, and held up well in randomized...
Nutrition and Mental Health
Is it possible that a salad could lift our spirits better than a bag full of Hershey Kisses? More and more research is pointing to links between how healthy eating can help stabilize our moods better and even help reduce the risk of depression. There is a whole...
Medical Cannabis and Chronic Pain
A Canadian research team led my Dr. Mark Ware from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montreal has completed a national multicentre study looking at the safety of medical cannabis use among patients suffering from chronic pain....
Need a Doctor on Your Flight?
It can be a tough call to service for doctors who find themselves thousands of feet up in the air, providing medical care in a contained space with little equipment. A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine gives doctors instructions on how best to...
Harvard Study: Dogs Are Good For Us
The Harvard publication, Get Healthy, Get a Dog, is the first publication to compile hundreds of research studies from around the world that document the physical and psychological benefits of dog ownership. These studies provide the most complete picture yet of the...
Botox, Depression and Chronic Migraine
Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain recently published a study looking at the effect of Botox on depression in chronic migraine. The study was conducted by K. Maasumi, MD, N. Thompson, MS, J. Kriegler, MD and S. Tepper, MD. The study retrospectively evaluated...