No meal of Chinese food would be complete without egg rolls, crab rangoon, General Tso’s chicken, beef and broccoli, the ubiquitous fortune cookie… and of course that vaguely ill feeling that follows. Maybe you just ate to much, or you could be suffering from Chinese Restaurant Syndrome. Headache, rapid heart rate, flushing - what is […]
New research suggests that women over 45 who experience migraines with aura are nearly twice as likely to have a stroke. Migraines with aura are headaches that are preceded by visual impairments such as blind spots and blurred vision. Of the 18 percent of females who have migraines, more than one-third of these women experience migraines […]
Bad news, party animals: alcohol may be giving you more than just a next-day hangover — it can also cause cluster headaches. The way some people are genetically coded to break down alcohol may be causing their headaches. You’re probably not going to get tested for this gene but you could do your own little […]
If you’re a migraine sufferer that is asked by a doctor to remember what makes your head hurt, then consider this: For thousands of you, remembering the pain may be the key to effectively treating it. To date, most research and treatment is based on self reports that use information from patients’ daily journals to […]
Did you know that you are likely to get migraines more often if you overuse pain medications? It seems certain medications can contribute to the change of sporadic migraines into chronic migraines. According to a study published in the journal Headache, barbiturates and opiates, such as OxyContin and Percocet, can increase your chance of getting chronic […]
Does our mood somehow spur migraines? Unfortunately, yes, many people who experience depression or anxiety suffer from regular migraines. Worse then getting a migraine is having a migraine relapse — the unwelcome return of migraine symptoms within a single day. Could mood disorders increase the likelihood of a migraine relapse? Although the researchers speculated that depression and […]
It’s second nature for many people to pop an ibuprofen at the first sign of a headache. Since ibuprofen, found in popular products such as Advil and Motrin, is the first and last resort of many migraine sufferers, scientists are especially interested in the drug’s effectiveness. Researchers at the Cochrane Collaboration conducted a review of […]
If you suffer from migraines, you may wonder whether your diet could be playing a role in the frequency of their occurrence. Well, researchers in Europe have been wondering the same thing, and recently completed a small study to test whether “elimination diets,” in which people avoid eating certain “trigger foods,” could reduce the frequency of migraines […]
