Robbins Headache Clinic Blog
Rethinking Exercise
Exercising may decrease headaches. It is certainly crucial for weight loss. To get most of the benefits of exercise, you only need to think of exercising in small chunks of time, even 10 or 15 minutes. Most people are able to fit exercise more easily into their...
Antidepressants and Menopause
According to a new study, about a third of menopausal women who took antidepressants for hot flashes and night sweats, saw a return of symptoms after they stopped taking the drug. Dr. Hadine Joffe, associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and lead...
Aromatherapy – Too Much of a Good Thing?
A team of researchers from Taipei Medical University in Taiwan set up an experiment to model conditions of a typical spa - including the use of a vaporizer dispensing bergamot essential oil into the air. Healthy spa workers were then recruited to stay in the room for...
Weight Loss
Our idea...... Although weight loss and exercise take considerable effort, there are ways to make it a little easier. And when you make these healthy habits easier, they are more likely to become part of your life for the rest of your life. Different approaches work...
Concussions/Head Trauma/Football Part 2
It is not just High School football players that sustain head injuries; studies of 7 to 8 year olds revealed the average kid recieved 107 significant head blows per season; to a young, immature, developing brain, this is very significant. Who know what this damage can...
No Gym? No Problem!
Type A Training owner Nathaniel Oliver of New York City says, "the #1 tool you can use for any workout is your own body." He suggests using stairs whenever possible, and if you have stairs in your home, use them as a workout tool. Small investments like yoga or...
Inspiration for a Monday!
Have a beautiful Monday! Be you, stay loyal, love who you love, tell them you love them. Dream alot! -Ingrid Vandebosch(as posted on Facebook) from guest blogger, shari 🙂
Tracking Your Happiness
Harvard psychologists Matthew A. Killingsworth and Daniel T.Gilbert recently published findings in the journal Science relating to their research of mind wandering. Killingsworth developed an iphone app that kept in touch with over 2,000 volunteers about their current...
Caffeine and Sleep Disruption
A recent article in Nutrition Action health letter reminds it's readers that relying on caffeine during the day to overcome a sleep deprived night can set you up in a vicious cycle. Timothy Roehrs of Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit said, "disturbed sleep leads to...
Adolescents, Headache, and Home Schooling
I have an adolescent headache center. Adolescents, severe headache, and home schooling: a complex issue. In the 80's and 90's, I took a tough love approach, "my job is to work here, yours is to go to school... no excuses, you have to go, if you are vomiting too bad,...