New York Headache blog

Presence of anxiety and depression (“distress”) at the time of initial diagnosis of sciatica predict worse outcome of both surgical and non-surgical treatment three years after the onset of pain according to a report in the July issue of...

A study just published in the journal Pain looked at the effect of patient expectations on outcome of acupuncture treatment. Four large studies were analyzed and one of the four A study just published in the journal Pain looked at the effect of...

Medtronic, Inc. today announced the first patient implant in a preliminary study to evaluate if an implanted device might help some of the thousands of Americans who suffer the agony of chronic migraine headaches that have not responded to other...

Intranasal use of capsaicin (on the side of the headache) has been reported to relieve cluster headaches. Capsaicin is an extract of hot peppers and can cause burning pain and irritation of the nasal mucosa. It must be used twice a day for ...