by Sue Robbins | Dec 6, 2020 | Migraine
Fewer Headaches Reported When School Starts Later, UCSF-Led Study Shows Research indicates that starting school later in the morning yields health and academic benefits for high schoolers, whose natural body clock tends toward late-to-bed, late-to-rise habits. While...
by Sue Robbins | Mar 17, 2020 | Wellness
People of all ages are concerned about the spread of the coronavirus, and teenagers, as a group, tend to experience emotions especially intensely. If you are raising, teaching or otherwise caring for an adolescent who is feeling very nervous about it, here are five...
by Dr Robbins | Feb 11, 2013 | Headache Drugs
A Dutch study of nearly 800 boys and girls, ages 14 to19 was recently reported in the Journal of Adolescence. The teens reported to researchers if they had a private secret they never talked about, how long they had kept the secret to themselves, and how hard it was...
by Dr Robbins | Oct 23, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center studied teens who used the app iMigraine to log specific information about their headaches. The teens responded to four prompts a day, which included triggers, duration and intensity. “This study...
by Dr Robbins | Mar 28, 2012 | Headache Drugs
A recent study from Norway examined the health habits of junior high and high school students diagnosed with migraine and tension-type headache. Students who were overweight, smokers or exercised infrequently had a higher rate of headache. This study suggests a strong...