by Sue Robbins | Dec 5, 2019 | Migraine
A recent overview of systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses (MAs) regarding the effectiveness of acupuncture as a treatment for migraines found the methodological quality of the studies insufficient. The research aimed to compare the effects of acupuncture, as...
by Sue Robbins | Dec 4, 2019 | Migraine
About 10% of the world population suffers from migraine headaches, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. To alleviate migraine pain, people are commonly treated with opioids. But, while opioid treatment can provide temporary pain...
by Sue Robbins | Nov 27, 2019 | Migraine
Ergotamine has historically been used to treat migraine since the middle ages, and as a pharmaceutical since 1926,1 but is limited by poor tolerability (nausea, vomiting, and cardiovascular effects), thus attempts were made to synthesize compounds with the same...
by Sue Robbins | Nov 25, 2019 | Migraine
Inhaled cannabis reduces self-reported headache severity by 47.3% and migraine severity by 49.6%, according to a recent study led by Carrie Cuttler, a Washington State University assistant professor of psychology. The study, published online recently in the Journal of...
by Sue Robbins | Nov 22, 2019 | Migraine
Vestibular migraine (VM) differs from migraine without vestibular symptoms in regard to mild and low frequency roll tilt (of the head) perceptual thresholds, a study in Science Reports suggests. The study enrolled patients with VM, measuring the frequency-dependence...
