by Sue Robbins | Jun 16, 2020 | Migraine
Migraine headaches are notoriously difficult to treat with pain medications, which perform no better than placebo in studies. Now, a new paper in the journal Headache finds that 83% of patients who completed a short course of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) had...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 25, 2019 | Migraine
Migraine and insomnia are both common disorders, with prevalence estimates of 12% and 10% in the United States, respectively.1,2 A substantial body of research shows that the 2 conditions are linked in numerous ways and suggests a bidirectional relationship. Read more...
by Sue Robbins | Sep 22, 2014 | Headache Drugs
Northwestern University scientists have developed the first blood test to diagnose major depression in adults. It is considered a breakthrough approach that provides the first objective, scientific diagnosis for depression. The test identifies depression by measuring...
by Sue Robbins | Dec 26, 2013 | Headache Drugs
Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital have found that children taking amitriptyline and completing a 20 week course of cognitive-behavioral therapy had a reduction in headache days compared to children who were treated with amitriptyline and attended a...
by Sue Robbins | Oct 29, 2013 | Headache Drugs
Why is it that when some people are in pain, the experience is so extreme that they can’t think of anything else, while others can turn their minds somewhere else and feel better? Karen Davis, a neuroscientist at the University of Toronto’s Centre for the...
