Robbins Headache Clinic Blog
Cognitive Decline and High Blood Pressure
Researchers have found that patients with high blood pressure and other risk factors for stroke are more likely to develop reasoning and thinking difficulties. "This takes the disease to an even earlier point, that if you don't change these factors or modify or...
This & That– Up Your “Bliss” with Tea
Hi from guest blogger Shari- I wanted to share this research with you, if you have ever given any thought to giving up soda or diet soda, to help your migraines or from reading Dr. Robbin's post on November 20th," Another Reason to Avoid Soda Pop", that pop may be...
Lessons Learned About Managing Holiday Stress
Ann Brenoff, a writer for Huffpost Healthy Living recently shared some secrets she has learned over the last 60 years that have helped her to deal with her own unrealistic holiday expectations. She writes with wisdom, humor and a dose of pragmatism that we may all...
High School Football/Head Injuries
In the 1 million HS football players, about 60,000 concussions are reported yearly. At least as many go unreported (kids notoriously underreport concussions). Many of these lead to post-concussion syndrome, headaches included. These are tough to treat. A fascinating...
Vitamin D and Colds
In the largest trial done so far, vitamin D failed to lower the risk of colds or other respiratory infections even though earlier evidence had suggested that people with lower vitamin D levels have a higher risk of colds. The study, conducted in New Zealand randomly...
Youth/High School Football and Head Trauma/Headache
This is the first post of several on youth and H.S. football, and head traumas. There are 3.5 million tackle football players age 5 to 14, and 1 million more H.S. players. I just wrote an OPED on this subject(has not been accepted yet), basically stating my position...
Levadex..new migraine drug..FDA is looking at….
Apparently the FDA has agreed to review the long-awaited drug application for MAPP Pharmaceutical's inhaled form of dihydroergotamine(DHE), Levadex. DHE has been a very good migraine as needed....abortive...drug since 1945, with very few serious side effects in 65...
Is There a Link Between Headaches and Eye Problems in Kids?
Dr. Zachary Roth, a resident in ophthalmology at Albany Medical Center in New York and his colleagues looked at 158 children under the age of 18 who were referred to ophthalmologists for frequent headaches. The researchers had noted that children complaining of...
Another Way to Say “Thank You”–A Thought for Thanksgiving
Hi from guest blogger Shari: Early this summer, I had been thinking about another way to express "gratitude". We all say-"thank you" or "thanks so much"- but I was looking for another way. I got my answer, later this summer, after watching the documentary series-"N.Y....
Another Reason to Avoid Soda Pop
Researchers at Brown University, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Tufts Medical Center studied over 2100 patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. The study found that patients, particularly men who drank sugary soft drinks showed worse narrowing of the joint space in...