Posted in Headaches on Apr 26th, 2008
New research shows women who have weekly migraine are significantly more likely to have a stroke than those with fewer migraines or no migraine at all, but those with lower migraine frequency may face increased risk of heart attacks.
The Women’s Health Study involved nearly 28,000 women health professionals in the United States who were 45 […]
Posted in Headaches on Apr 10th, 2008
Aristotle and Hippocrates believed in the power of images in the brain to enliven the heart and body. Today, research shows they were right. Guided imagery is helping patients use the full range of the body’s healing capacity.
Guided imagery is more than listening to relaxing sounds. It’s a learning process to listen to someone’s voice, […]
Posted in Headaches on Apr 1st, 2008
A few days ago Health Canada advised Canadians about new safety information for carbamazepine, a drug used to treat epilepsy, mania, bipolar disorder and trigeminal neuralgia. Carbamazepine is sold under the more common brand name Tegretol as well as other generic names.
Serious and sometimes deadly skin reactions known as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and […]
Posted in Headaches on Mar 27th, 2008
The other day I was watching Mystery Diagnosis on TLC. For those who don’t know what it is Mystery Diagnosis tells the stories of patients with medical mysteries.
In each personal story, the patients, doctors and everyone involved discover the importance of being vigilant. Medicine is often more of an art than a science, and the […]
Posted in Headaches on Mar 25th, 2008
I found an interesting read on migraines and headaches over at http://www.migraineprevention.com/
It discusses that
“While the current medical models for migraine pathophysiology include afferent input from the meningeal arteries to the trigeminal sensory nucleus, the effect of any other acute or chronic noxious afferent input from the other divisions of the trigeminal, primarily the mandibular (third) […]
