by Sue Robbins | Jun 17, 2020 | Migraine
Migraine is highly prevalent in the pediatric population, with findings from population-based studies indicating rates of 7.7%–9.1% among children and adolescents. 1 Sleep disorders are also frequently observed in these groups and represent a common comorbidity in...
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 | Jun 12, 2020 | Migraine
One day not long before I turned 12, I got my first migraine. I was triumphantly competing for my primary school in a regional cross-country race when zig-zags of neon light began to buzz in my peripheral vision. Then suddenly they were gone — replaced by swathes of...
by Sue Robbins | Jun 9, 2020 | Migraine
The subdiagnosis of migraine, but not the presence of vestibular symptoms, can predict balance impairments in migraineurs, according to a study published in The Journal of Headache and Pain. Balance changes and vestibular symptoms, such as dizziness and vertigo, are...
by Sue Robbins | Jun 4, 2020 | Migraine
Research suggests that patients with migraine have an increased sensitivity or intolerance to light, particularly flicker from sources like LED lighting and computer backlights “Often, this photophobia can be reduced with tinted glasses, but the color that suits one...
