Robbins Headache Clinic Blog
“Ice Cream Headache” Findings May Aid in Migraine Research
Researchers recently shared study results regarding "brain freeze" or "ice cream headache" pain at the Experimental Biology annual meeting in San Diego. While being observed by researchers, 17 brave volunteers sipped icy water though straws, aiming towards the top of...
Controlling Essential Tremor
Everyone has some degree of tremor... an involuntary, rhythmic shaking, especially of the hands. For most people, the movements are so small they can not be seen or felt. However, many people develop a visible tremor, which may prompt fears of Parkinson's disease, or...
Study Looks at Effectiveness of Oral Contraceptives in Women With Menstrual Migraine Without Aura
Women between the ages of 20 to 35 years who suffered from pure menstrual migraine without aura were placed into two distinct groups. The first group took 21 active pills + 7 placebo pills for three months. The second group received 24 active pills + 4 placebo pills...
Trans Fats Linked to Postmenopausal Stroke Risk
Taking data from the largest study to date of the eating habits of postmenopausal women, University of North Carolina researchers compared stroke incidence and the intake of trans-fatty acids among 87,025 women ages 50-79. The study suggests another reason to avoid...
Alleviating MRI Apprehension
MRI is a widely used diagnostic test that provides detailed images of soft tissues in the body... from brain tissue to cartilage in large joints. The good news about undergoing an MRI is that you won't be exposed to the potentially harmful radiation of other...
Subtle Cues Influence How Much We Eat
Researchers gave students at two colleges tubes of Lay's Stackable potato chips to munch on while they watched a movie. While half the students got tubes of regular chips, the other half ate out of tubes with a red (tomato-basil flavored) chip inserted randomly...
New Daily Persistent Headache… Continued
Approximately 50% of patients have an identifiable trigger to NDPH. Stress may be a trigger in some patients. Infection, particularly viral, is often cited as a trigger. In one study, Epstein-Barr virus was implicated as an initiating culprit. Exposure to certain...
New Daily Persistent Headache
New daily persistent headache (NDPH) is one type of chronic daily headache, along with chronic migraine, chronic tension headache, and hemicrania continua. NDPH is being increasingly recognized as an important type of headache, both because of the frequency and also...
Taking the Negative View of Current Migraine Treatments
Prophylactic migraine medicine is given on a daily basis to prevent the occurrence of migraine as much as possible. Acute migraine treatment is given to rid ongoing attacks. The majority of migraineurs do not use the acute anti-migraine drugs, the triptans. This is...
Aerobic Exercise or Strength Training… What’s Best?
Doing aerobic exercise ( like walking or cycling) as well as strength training (like lifting weights) is good for your overall health. However, many people feel they don't have enough time during the week to do both. Is one type of exercise more important than the...