by Sue Robbins | Jan 20, 2021 | Miscellaneous
In the first joint replacement surgery in 1890, the German surgeon Themistocles Gluck implanted “carved and machined pieces of ivory” into joints diseased by tuberculosis — starting with a knee replacement for a 17-year-old girl, according to the medical historian and...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 20, 2020 | Migraine
Predictors of chronic migraine Recent data from a systematic review and meta-analysis point to clinical and sociodemographic factors associated with migraine chronification INTERNATIONAL HEADACHE SOCIETY London, UK: A meta-analysis published in the...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 13, 2020 | Migraine
I was sitting in my neurologist’s office, as my doctor and I reviewed the long list of things we’d already tried to treat my chronic migraine—supplements and hard-to-pronounce drugs, abortive and preventative medications, near-misses and...
by Sue Robbins | Mar 9, 2020 | Miscellaneous
Aspirin, the original wonder drug, has long been a go-to medicine for millions, a Jack-of-all trades remedy that is readily available and cheap. Championed for its ability to relieve pain, fever and inflammation, aspirin has been a staple in home medicine cabinets and...
