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Women with migraine have a higher chance of also having endometriosis. A study by Dr. Gretchen Tietjen and her colleagues published in the latest issue of journal Headache looked at 171 women with migraine and 104 controls. Endometriosis was...

However, presence of any brain lesion is worrisome to most patients and according to some researchers may be indicative of small strokes or another type of brain damage. Some researchers have been concerned, although without any evidence, about...

Migraines at the end of pregnancy and soon after the delivery increase the risk of strokes and other vascular complications (cerebro-vascular disease, or CVD). Dr. Bushnell and her colleagues presented these findings at the last annual meeting...

Migralex is a headache medication developed and patented by Dr. Alexander Mauskop, Director and Founder of the New York Headache Center. Migralex is a product of 15 years of research and development. It will become available for purchase at...

According to a recent study by Magis and colleagues (Headache 2007;47:52-57) daily dose of 600 mg of alpha lipoic acid (also known as thioctic acid) was significantly better than placebo in reducing the frequency of migraine attacks, headache...

Medication overuse headache (MOH) does not respond to steroids according to a new study published in the July 3 issue of journal Neurology. Patients who take Fioricet, Fiorinal, Esgic, Excedrin and other, mostly caffeine-containing drugs often...

Chronic migraine headaches can be helped by topiramate (Topamax) even in those patients who are having rebound headaches from daily intake of pain or migraine medications, according to a report in the latest issue of Cephalalgia. Chronic migraine...

Women with migraine have a higher frequency of excessive and/or prolonged menstrual bleeding and endometriosis, according to a study published recently in Headache, the journal of the American Headache Society. While as many as 60% of women...

Curtis Schreiber and Roger Cady reported their study at the recent annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study. Another study of Botox for migraines. Curtis Schreiber and...

“Old Drugs In, New Ones Out”, a story in the New York Times on July 1, 2007 reports on a growing trend in the pharmaceutical industry where two existing generic drugs are combined into a new more effective product. “Old Drugs In, New Ones Out”...

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 ...