An association was established between excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and a high frequency of headaches, but not between EDS and chronic migraine or chronic tension-type headache (CTTH). The results were published in Cephalalgia. Espen S. Kristoffersen, PhD from Akershus University Hospital in Norway, and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional survey of 30,000 people age 30 to 44 via […]
San Diego Comic-Con International 2017 is in the books, and it had its fair share of horror film and television trailer debuts. STRANGER THINGS AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT DEATH NOTE THE SNOWMAN THE WALKING DEAD The next year is looking spooky! Maybe ALL IN HER HEAD will be part of 2018’s Comic-Con…
Bright lights can worsen headaches, but a new study shows an LED light might do the opposite. Doctors Mohab Ibrahim and Rajesh Khanna of the University of Arizona tested green LED lights and white LED lights on small samples of people with chronic migraines. They found that the pain of the group looking at the […]
It may soon be possible to predict when a future migraine attack might happen. Research published in the journal Headache found they could be forecast by analyzing stress. The study authors have developed a new model based on measuring stress from daily hassles. They believe it may be possible to tell whether it will occur […]
New research shows that patients with migraine who have subclinical hypothyroidism and receive thyroid treatment have significantly fewer and less severe headaches. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study showing that treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism was effective in reducing both the frequency and severity of migraine attacks and improved the quality […]
Electrical stimulation has shown promise in the treatment of migraines and one device worn on the forehead, the Cefaly, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the prevention of migraines. A recently reported study has found that a second electrical stimulation (electric stim) device that is worn on the arm, rather […]
A study has found that the active compounds in cannabis are more effective at reducing the frequency of acute migraine pain than prescription migraine meds, and with fewer side effects. The study included a total of 127 participants who suffered from chronic migraines and cluster headaches. The cannabis-based medication the researchers gave the participants was […]
Common cosmetic surgical procedures for reducing droopy eyelids were shown to improve quality of life in people with frequent tension-type headaches, according to a recent study. The results of the study, by Ilke Bahceci Simsek, MD, of Yeditepe University in Istanbul, were published in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery. Headache Impact Test (HIT) scores obtained from two […]
The drug prochlorperazine is more effective than the opioid hydromorphone in treating emergency room patients with acute migraine, a new study reports. According to Dr. Peter Goadsby, chairman of the American Headache Society’s Scientific Program Committee, the opioid painkiller Add to dictionary is given in about 25 percent of all emergency department visits for acute […]
Four major pharmaceutical companies are in a race to be the first to offer a drug they say may rapidly reduce—and even prevent—migraines to the more than 38 million Americans affected by the debilitating illness each year. Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly, Amgen, and Teva Pharmaceutical have all developed migraine drugs which have completed or are […]
