by Sue Robbins | May 25, 2015 | Headache Drugs
Alexander Mauskop, a neurologist and acupuncturist who has been treating and studying headaches for 25 years, is the director of the New York Headaches Center in New York City. In his book “What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Migraines” he presents the...
by Sue Robbins | Apr 28, 2015 | Headache Drugs
Diet soda sales have fallen off significantly in the U.S., and when Pepsico asked consumers what they didn’t like, aspartame was at the top of the list. “It’s literally the number-one complaint we’ve heard from diet-cola consumers as to why...
by Sue Robbins | Apr 17, 2015 | Headache Drugs
A word on disability. One might think that pain level is the major predictor of disability. It has been shown, in well-done studies, that other factors probably are more important. Catastrophizing, such as thinking one’s headache is always a 14 on a scale of 1...
by Sue Robbins | Apr 2, 2015 | Headache Drugs
The book “Advanced Headache Therapy” written by Dr. Robbins, and available through Amazon is intended for physicians, as well as patients. Dr. Robbins mentions in the preface of the book that “Patients with refractory, difficult headaches will learn...
by Sue Robbins | Feb 24, 2015 | Headache Drugs
Headache specialist Deborah Tepper, MD explains the links between headache and sleep disorders in Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain….. Insomnia, difficulty with falling asleep or staying asleep, is the most common sleep complaint among patients with...
