Robbins Headache Clinic Blog
Looking for Stress Relief and Physical Conditioning? Try Pilates!
Joseph Pilates developed his method of exercising during the First Word War. Initially it was a way for him to stay in shape while he was interned in a detention camp. Later, he introduced it as a form of rehabilitation for injured soldiers. In its early years,...
Patient Voices – Migraine
There is an interesting article at www.nytimes.com/interactive. It tells the stories of several men and women dealing with migraines... in their own words. One woman talks about the challenges of raising a child who has migraines. A man recalls how several family...
More Brainpower Seen In Elite Soccer Players
A new study from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden reports that soccer players have superior executive functions, the brain processes responsible for planning and abstract thinking... the more elite the player, the better these functions. This ability is called game...
Children With Migraine At Increased Risk Of Sleep Disturbances
Sleep apnea and lack of sleep are more likely seen in children with migraine. A study conducted at St. Christopher Hospital for Children, Drexel University, in Philadelphia found that children with migraine were twice as likely to have sleep apnea. Sleep apnea, also...
Children Can Outgrow Chronic Daily Headache
According to research published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, most children who suffer from chronic daily headache may outgrow the condition. The study found 60% of the children no longer had chronic daily headache after one...
New Daily Persistent Headache(NDPH): Why Does It Occur?
Many with NDPH noted a flu-like illness, or a virus, shortly before the sudden onset of the headache; however, even though EBV(the mono virus) is found in most with NDPH, the association with a virus is murky at best. Stress, after surgery, toxic exposures, these are...
NDPH (New Daily Persistent Headache)
NDPH occurs when someone rather suddenly has the onset of daily headache; the headache is usually a mixture of tension and migraine type features. The headache may start over hours or one day, often in someone with no previous serious history of headache. While we...
Supplements for Good Health
Most herbal and vitamin supplements have not held up to scrutiny in controlled trials; some have turned out to be harmful. Even multivitamins are questionable; a large study released in 2009 showed no improvement in cancer or heart disease rates among women who took...
Old Drug May Have New Use for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Amantadine, a previously approved medication may have found a new use. A recent report in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that amantadine may accelerate improvement in patients with severe traumatic brain injury, such as a coma. Originally, the medication...
Research Links Sedentary Lifestyle and Shortened Life Span
Recently we blogged about the importance of "activity breaks"... getting up from the computer or couch every hour. Studies have suggested that periodic breaks can protect your back and core from the effects of prolonged sitting. New research from Australia has shown...