Robbins Headache Clinic Blog
“Dizziness Upon Standing Can Lead to Falls and Fractures” from The New York Times
The problem, a brief but precipitous drop in blood pressure that causes lightheadedness or dizziness when standing up, is called orthostatic hypotension. Orthostatic hypotension — to many people those are unfamiliar words for a relatively common but often unrecognized...
“Sleep Predicts Migraine Recurrence” from MedPage Today
Sleep Predicts Migraine Recurrence — Sleep quality may identify patients at risk of developing chronic migraine Sleep quality at a single time point was tied to headaches occurring over the next 6 weeks among people with episodic migraine, a prospective study...
“Can Reflexology Help Ease Migraines?” from News-Medical.net
What is a migraine? A migraine is a headache characterized by a throbbing sensation on one side of the head and sometimes other symptoms such as nausea, light-headedness and sensitivity to light and sound. Migraines can interfere with day-to-day life and symptoms may...
“Drinking Coffee Tied to Better Outcomes in Colon Cancer” from The New York Times
In people with advanced colorectal cancer, drinking coffee was associated with longer survival and less cancer progression. Drinking coffee may extend survival time in people with colorectal cancer, a new study suggests. Researchers studied 1,171 patients diagnosed...
“Parent Behavior Impacts Adolescent Headache Frequency and Disability” from Clinical Pain Advisor
Protective parenting behavior is associated with significantly greater frequency of adolescent headaches, according to study results published in Headache. Previous studies have shown that adolescent pain severity and pain-related disability are greater when parents...
“Physical Activity and Sleep in Adults With Arthritis” from Science Daily
A new study published in Arthritis Care & Research has examined patterns of 24-hour physical activity and sleep among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and knee osteoarthritis. In the 172-participant study, four profiles were apparent with differences...
“New Research Explores Migraine and Opioids” from American Headache Society
Migraine research and opioids “We’ve been very concerned about the use of opioids broadly as a society,” Lipton says. “To a surprising degree, opioids are used for migraine.” Recent studies have shown that of people with migraine who take acute prescription...
“Immune Aging and How to Combat it” from Medical News Today
With age, the human immune system becomes less effective at tackling infections and less responsive to vaccinations. At the same time, the aging immune system is associated with chronic inflammation, which increases the risk of almost all conditions...
“Sticker Shocks in the Pharmacy” from The New York Times
For chronically ill patients, decisions about whether to pay or go without medications are life-or-death battles that must be fought over and over again. When Caiti Derenze, a lawyer in Jersey City, N.J., went to Walgreens to refill her insulin prescription in July,...
“What is a Migraine Aura?” from the Mayo Clinic
A migraine headache is caused by changes in your nervous system. Migraines may progress through four stages: prodrome, aura, attack and postdrome. Not everyone experiences all the stages. Forty to 60% of people with migraines experience a prodrome phase...