Robbins Headache Clinic Blog
Headaches Studied in Older Versus Younger Children
Researchers looked at children with early onset headaches (under 6 years) as well as children aged 8-12 years with headaches. There were no significant differences found between the two age groups relating to factors such as cause of headaches, school performance or...
Boosting Your Ability to Learn and Remember
Harvard Health Publications has put out a list of "tricks and tips" for helping us to be more effective in remembering everyday events like where we put our glasses, or the name of the person we just met at a barbecue. "As we grow older, the ability to learn new...
Restorative Yoga
We have talked about the health benefits of yoga often on our blog. Maybe you have thought about trying it, but were not sure you were ready to challenge yourself to the back bends, deep twists, and arm balances that yoga can entail. There is a form of yoga called...
Persistent Pot Usage in Adolescence Can Harm Intelligence, Memory
A large, long-term study led by researchers from Britain and the United States found that persistent and dependent use of cannabis by teens prior to turning 18 may cause lasting damage to their memory, intelligence and attention. The study involved more than 1,000...
“Quality of Life” is Changing Health Care Focus
"Quality of life happens to be the element that is most important in motivating people to deal with an illness. People aren't motivated to follow their clinical regimen if in fact it doesn't improve the way they function and get along with others and manage day to...
Turning Off the Tension
Jenna Wortham, a writer for the New York Times recently related a personal story that caused her to become unnerved, but also provided insight into her relationship with her cellphone. She and a friend had planned a lazy day hanging out at the nearby public pool. Soon...
Study Looks at Memory Decline and Berries
A large, twenty year study conducted in Boston provides new support for the belief that flavonoid-rich berries can delay memory decline in older people. "Among women who consumed two or more servings of strawberries and blueberries each week we saw a modest reduction...
Visual Snow
Christoph Schankin, MD, a fellow in the Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, Headache Center recently discussed visual snow at the 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society. Sometimes patients with visual snow are...
Less Strokes/Low-Fat Dairy Connection
If you enjoy daily servings of yogurt or cheese for bone health you may be getting an extra benefit according to a large Swedish study. Researchers at the Karolinska Institute studied nearly 75,000 men and women for ten years. They found that those people eating the...
Study Links Dental Health to Dementia Risk
Almost 5,500 elderly people were followed over an 18-year-period by researchers at the University of California. Those patients who brushed their teeth less than once a day were up to 65% more likely to develop dementia than those patients who brushed their teeth...