Robbins Headache Clinic Blog
“New Nature Lover? It’s a COVID-19 Side Effect” from Science Daily
What does it take to get some people to go outside and experience nature? For some urban dwellers, it took the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say. The new study finds that 26% of people visiting parks during early months of the COVID-19 pandemic had rarely -- or never...
“Self-Care” from Migraine Buddy
When a migraine hits, there’s so much to take in at the same time—pain that never seems to end, not knowing what had triggered the attack, missing out on precious family time, feelings of desperation and loneliness, etc. Rough days like these can be hard to get by and...
New YouTube Channel: Headache Talks
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDG67n2JsS0GG664CkSik0Q/videosI have mostly headache info/lectures, some from the clinic I set up in Honduras...I will add one a week......Larry Robbins
“This 5 Minute Yoga Routine Will Boost Your Energy and Start the Day Right” from CNN – Health
(CNN)The countless hours that many of us have spent sitting at a makeshift desk in quarantine can be detrimental not only physically but also mentally. Hunched over a computer day in and day out, you're not just wreaking havoc on your posture, but you're likely...
“Doctors Seeing More Headache and Migraine Patients During the Pandemic” from TheDenverChannel.com
Many Americans have dealt with new, stressful situations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Loss of work, isolation, lack of exercise and routines, and much more. Now, headache and migraine specialists across the country say those new stresses are bringing in more patients...
“Migraine and Transgender People” from American Migraine Foundation
How migraine impacts the transgender community Before our webinar on migraine in transgender people, we polled the migraine community to see what questions people had. Host Dr. Anna Pace, director of the Transgender Headache Medicine Program at Mount Sinai, discussed...
“11 Minutes of Exercise a Day May Help Counter the Effects of Sitting” from The New York Times
The sweet spot for physical activity and longevity seemed to arrive at about 35 minutes a day of brisk walking or other moderate activities. Walking for at least 11 minutes a day could lessen the undesirable health consequences of sitting for hours and hours,...
“A New Generation of Headache Drugs” from Nature
Monoclonal antibodies and small-molecule antagonists that target CGRP or its receptor are already having a big impact on migraine. But they have the potential to do so much more. Peter Goadsby sat in the audience, intrigued. The Australian medical student had come to...
“The Puzzle of Migraine Chronification” from Nature
Scientists are trying to work out why attacks become more and more frequent in some people — and how to reverse the process. Len Barbieri started getting migraine headaches when he was 9 years old, although it was many years before they were labelled as such. The...
“A Richer View of Aura” from Nature
Migraines are often associated with colourful visual disturbances called auras, but many mysteries remain about how they fit into the wider biology of the syndrome. In 2012, neurologist Andrew Charles received a phone call from a septuagenarian engineer who had begun...