Robbins Headache Clinic Blog
“Got Milk?” It May Help Delay Knee Osteoarthritis In Women
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, osteoarthritis, a chronic joint disease affects 14% of people over 25 and 34% over 65. A new study has found that increasing milk consumption is associated with slower progression of the disease in women. In...
Do Brain Games Work? Science Isn’t Sure
On the website for Lumosity, there is a promise to "train" your brain with games designed to fend off mental decline. Users can view images of numbers and birds to assess attention span, or match tile patterns to test memory. And, while Lumosity may be the most...
“Using The Placebo Effect To Have A Better Day”
Students at Colorado College were hooked up to equipment that supposedly showed how much time they spent in rapid eye movement (REM), the "high-quality" sleep that makes you feel rested. In reality, the machine did nothing. One group of students was told they had...
Study Looks At Migraineurs Twitter Posts
"As technology and language evolve, so does the way we share our suffering," says Alexandre DaSilva, assistant professor and director of the Headache and Orofacial Pain Effort at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. He and his team decided to "evaluate the...
“Don’t Let Migraine Be Your Lifestyle”
Dr. Peter Goadsby, professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, says there is evidence that between migraine attacks, the brains of migraineurs function differently than that of other people's brains. Studies have shown that migraine-affected...
How Woman’s Best Friend Can Help Answer Questions About Breast Cancer
Like breast cancer in humans, tumors of the mammary glands are among the most common cancers in female dogs. However, most pet owners don't see this type of cancer because it's uncommon in animals that are spayed at a young age. Mammary cancer in dogs is fueled by...
Study Finds Sleep Is Linked To Keeping People With Chronic Pain Exercising
Exercise is important in managing pain in people with chronic pain, and a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE, shows that sleep is a better predictor of next-day physical activity than pain intensity or mood in the morning. Study researcher Dr. Nicole Tang, of...
“What Ever Happened To Biofeedback?”
Dr. Andrew Weil, sometimes called "The Integrative MD," is founder and director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and clinical professor of medicine at the University of Arizona. For people experiencing migraines, as well as serious stress and anxiety,...
Does Stress Relief Trigger Migraines?
New research suggests that it's the "comedown after the craziness" that can trigger a migraine. In a small study at the Montefiore Headache Center in New York City, 17 migraine patients kept headache and stress diaries for 30 days. Researchers found that migraines...
The “White Coat Effect”
The phenomenon of doctors recording higher blood pressure of a patient, than that of a nurse is known as the "White Coat Effect," and is thought to result from the patient's physical response to being assessed by a doctor. It has previously been noted in a number of...