In a recent randomized, double-blind crossover study out of the United Kingdom, the treatment of cluster headaches with high-flow oxygen vs. a placebo was evaluated. Between 2002 and 2007 a total of 76 patients completed the study by self administering canisters of...

An interesting study by Paul R. Martin and Colin MacLeod recently refuted the commonly given clinical advice that those suffering from chronic daily headaches should avoid known triggers of their headaches. Instead Martin and MacLeod assert that those with recurrent...

A group from the Universidade Metropolitana de Santos recently completed a study assessing the role of odors in triggering or worsening migraine headaches in men. Sensitivity to odors, known as osmophobia, is a well established symptom found in those suffering from...

Some patients fail on preventives, but abortive usually work well. Others do reasonably well on preventives but continue to have severe, prolonged migraines where nothing is helpful. There are many challenges in defining refractory headaches (as there are with...

The teenage years are stressful years. There’s so much to deal with, including pressure to be accepted, to do well in school and on ACT/SAT tests, and to get along with family. This current economy has put additional pressures on families which impacts teens as well....

We need newer preventives, but have no new preventives since Topamax about 12 years ago; Botox recieved an official approval for migraine last November. This year I expect the approval of an inhaled version of DHE, Levadex(from Map Pharmaceuticals) to be approved; it...

WE(my partner in this research is Dr. Cam Leith) just presented the results of a 3 year study on DTI(diffusion tensor imaging) of the White Matter in those with Chronic Migraine. We presented the results at the AHS meetings in Washington, and submitted the article to...

Just one more confirmation of the differences between men and women: A study at UCLA reveals that in dual income households, men appear to de-stress best when they are relaxing while their wives are doing chores, in fact happiest when not asked to “chip in”.  On the...

An interesting study published in Cephalalgia suggests that precision-tinted glasses seem to help prevent migraines in people whose pain is triggered by certain visual patterns. The lead author of the study, Dr. Jie Huang, associate professor of radiology at Michigan...

Vitamin D deficiency is the source of multiple health issues. One such concern was explored in a study by Drs. S Prakash and N Shah, MD., which supports the association of Vitamin D deficiency and chronic tension-type headache. This study was reported in Headache and...