Robbins Headache Clinic Blog
Expectations and Confidence in Treatment Plan Altered by Headache Frequency?
Researchers at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center were curious to see the effects of headache frequency and level of disability on patient confidence in their established treatment plan. The children studied were between the ages of 7 and 18 years. Of...
Harvard’s “Healthy Eating Plate”
Harvard University's School of Public Health has created a "Healthy Eating Plate" program to help us visualize what a nutritious meal should look like... Fill half of your plate with fruits and vegetables. The more colorful they are, the better. Sorry, fries and...
Study Looks at Homebound High School Students with Chronic Headaches
A study conducted at Jefferson Headache Center in Philadelphia, Pa. set out to see if homebound education allowed high school students with chronic headaches to progress academically. The researchers also wanted to see if there were social implications for the young...
“Healthy” Foods Are Not Always Nutritious
Several registered dieticians recently weighed in on some popular foods that may not be as healthy as we think. It seems like there has been a recent explosion of frozen yogurt shops... the kind where you walk in, pick up a container and fill it with your choice, or...
Can the Type of Red Wine Trigger Migraine Differently?
Researchers at the Headache Center of Rio, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil evaluated whether different varieties of red wines would trigger migraine differently. The researchers were also curious to see whether varying levels of reseveratrol and flavonoids made a...
Stress and Women
A recent study led by the Mayo Clinic, and life insurer, Aviva USA reported that 3 out of 4 women studied were somewhat, very or extremely stressed. The researchers looked at the relationship between a woman's financial situation, stress and overall health. About 82%...
Anxiety… Continued
A propensity to anxiety is a physical, inherited illness, as is migraine. It is not psychological! By viewing certain key structures in the brain, such as the amygdala, one can almost predict who has anxiety. Even at age 5, in a child with separation anxiety, the...
What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is a necessary and universal emotion. With anxiety that originates from a real or perceived threat of danger, one experiences an increase in heart rate, blood pressure, diaphoresis, and other physical accompaniments to anxiety. At times, anxiety comes across...
Drug in New Study May Offer Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease
A trial to begin soon will be one of only a few ever done to test prevention treatments for any genetically predestined disease... and is unprecedented in Alzheimer's research. This study is actually the first to concentrate on people who are cognitively normal, but...
Preventive Medications and Supplements for Migraine- A Patient’s Perspective
This is a post taken from excerpts from comments I shared between another migraine patient and I in regards to preventive migraine treatment. I wanted to share it in a blog post, as I didn’t want the information to be overlooked in the comments section. With that...