Robbins Headache Clinic Blog
Doctors’ Beliefs About Treatment Affect Patients’ Experience of Pain
New research finds that the placebo effect may be socially contagious. In other words, a doctor's beliefs about whether or not a pain treatment will work can exert a subtle influence on how much pain the patient will actually experience. Read more here.
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Migraine Care Remains Substandard Among Underinsured Individuals
Although treatable, migraine often goes untreated, and even undiagnosed, as a result of multiple barriers to appropriate care. Read more here.
How Much Coffee is Too Much for Migraine Sufferers?
If you have migraines, one or two cups of coffee a day may be okay, but three or more could raise your risk of an attack, a new study concludes. Read more here.
Migraine Comorbidities Rise With Increased Headache Days
The more days per month a person reported experiencing migraine headaches the greater their prevalence of various comorbidities associated with migraine headaches, including insomnia, depression, anxiety, and gastric ulcer disease, according to results from a survey...
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These High School Sports Have the Highest Concussion Rates
The rates of football practice concussions and recurrent concussions across all sports have gone down in recent years, according to the study, published in the journal Pediatrics on Tuesday. The bad news: Concussion rates increased in football games. Read more...
Staying On Guard Against Skin Cancer
If you see something on your skin that is new, changing, not healing or doesn’t seem right, get it checked out as soon as possible. Read more here.
What are the Benefits of CBD?
More than 60 percent of CBD users were taking it for anxiety, according to a survey of 5,000 people. Does it help? Read more here.
FDA Approves New Medication Reyvow to Treat Acute Migraine
On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new medication to treat acute migraine with or without aura called Reyvow. Read more here.
