Robbins Headache Clinic Blog
Glenbrook North Student Blogs and Fundraises for Migraine Awareness
A Glenbrook North High School senior who has suffered with migraine headaches for several years is using social media and other tools and partnerships to help raise aware for the condition that experts say can negatively impact young people’s quality of life. Read...
Alder Bought By Lundbeck, Eyes “Blockbuster” Migraine Therapy
Denmark’s Lundbeck has agreed to buy Alder BioPharmaceuticals in a deal valued at almost $2 billion, hoping to reap profits from a potential blockbuster migraine drug. Read more here.
What is Emgality?
Emgality is a brand-name prescription medication that's used in adults to prevent chronic and episodic migraines, and treat episodic cluster headaches. Emgality comes as a pre-filled pen or syringe that you'll use to give yourself a monthly injection. Read more here.
Managing Migraine During Pregnancy and Lactation
Migraine patterns in women are closely linked to various reproductive stages. During puberty, migraine prevalence becomes more pronounced in females compared with males, and remains so throughout the remaining life span. Read more here.
Study Examines Links Between Weather, Pollution, Migraines
A study investigating the effects of weather and air pollution on migraine found that higher relative humidity was associated with higher odds of migraines during warmer seasons. Traffic-related pollutants was linked with migraines in colder weather. Read more here.
Wide-Awake at 3 A.M.? Don’t Just Look at Your Phone.
About half of all insomnia sufferers experience this middle-of-the-night “sleep-maintenance” insomnia, either by itself or along with the “sleep-onset” sort, trouble falling asleep in the first place, said Jennifer Martin, Ph.D., a professor of medicine at the...
Maintaining Compassion on Diet-Based Migraine Matters
It is imperative for healthcare providers to speak honestly with their patients about diet and food triggers, which can be difficult to address in migraine treatment. Read more here.
Now Therapists Have to Figure Out Astrology, Tarot and Psychedelics
Patients are confronting psychotherapists with a fresh pile of really useful challenges. Read more here.
Some Migraine Sufferers Find Relief From Treatment to Close Hole in Heart
There’s a surprising treatment for some kinds of debilitating migraine headaches, and it involves closing a hole in the heart. Migraines affect about 40 million people in the United States. They have many causes and triggers, but for about 5 or 6 million sufferers,...
You are Doing Something Important When You Aren’t Doing Anything
We need to rest, read, and reconnect. Read more here.