Robbins Headache Clinic Blog
Celiac Disease and Depression – A Common Link?
Digestive Health recently posted an article revealing that several studies have shown a connection between celiac disease and depression. Living with any chronic disease can take an emotional toll, and a large 2007 study found that people with celiac disease were 80...
Adolescents and School
Many adolescents have severe, unremitting headaches; hormones and stress add to their woes, it is a very tough time of life. Tougher now than in the 1960's and 70's, I do believe. With kids who have severe headaches, "it takes a village" to help them...we recruit...
One Small Change Can Be Transforming
The following quote, made by a reader appears in the January/February 2013 issue of Natural Health magazine. It's a neat magazine filled with articles about food, natural healing, and mind/body fitness. It has an "approachable" feel - no lecturing noticed! You may...
Health Experts Say No-Calorie Sodas May Not be Harmless
Recently we posted a blog about the concerns associated with sugary soft drinks and bone health. Experts have also weighed in on the concerns regarding consumption of "diet" soft drinks. Sharon Fowler, a specialist in the Division of Clinical Epidemiology, School of...
Mindfulness Meditation May Relieve Social Anxiety
With the holiday season in full gear, many people find themselves in overdrive attending parties and dinners. For some people who suffer from social anxiety or loneliness, December can be even more challenging. Therapy and medications help lots of people, but not...
Inspiration for a Monday
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." --Theodore Roosevelt from guest blogger shari:)
Experimental Antidepressant Appears Safe, Lasts Long
A new drug - called GLYX-13 - that targets the brain in a different way was announced recently by Northwestern University researchers. The drug has been tested in patients who had not responded to other antidepressants. "We saw a robust, rapid-acting, long-lasting...
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The Plight of The Chronic Headache Sufferer
For those unlucky enough to inherit chronic headaches, where the meds do not work all that well and the headaches are frequent, life can be very rough. Personally, family/spouses/friends often do not want to hear about it, and have little empathy(altho there are some...
This & That–New Book—“Proof of Heaven”
Hi from guest blogger Shari: On November 12th, the last guest of the Dr. Oz show, was Dr. Eben Alexander, a very talented neurosurgeon, who has wriiten a book about his near-death experience, when he contracted Meningitis in 2008 and was in a coma for a week. I have...