A Critical Review of the Literature Jon Adams, PhD, Gaery Barbery, MPH, Chi-Wai Lui, PhD Headache. 2013;53(3):459-473. Abstract and Introduction Abstract Contexts.—An evidence base for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) consumption within general populations is emerging. However, research data on CAM use for headache disorders remain poorly documented. This paper, constituting the first critical review of […]
Mimics, Borderlands and Chameleons Heather Angus-Leppan Pract Neurol. 2013;13(5):308-318. Diagnostically, headache is the easy part of migraine. It is the surrounds of migraine—the aura, prodrome and postdrome—that can be most challenging, and confused with other pathologies. This article examines the definition and variants of migraine; alternative diagnoses for which migraine may be mistaken (mimics); conditions […]
By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today Published: January 15, 2013 Full Story Action Points These studies were published as abstracts and will be presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal. These studies suggest that migraine with aura appears to be […]
Allais G, De Lorenzo C, Quirico PE, Airola G, Tolardo G, Mana O, Benedetto C. Headache. 2002 Oct;42(9):855-61. PubMed Reference Abstract OBJECTIVES: In a randomized controlled trial extending over 6 months, we evaluated the effectiveness of acupuncture versus flunarizine in the prophylactic treatment of migraine without aura. METHODS: One hundred sixty women with migraines were randomly […]
J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2012 May;119(5):575-9. doi: 10.1007/s00702-012-0790-2. Epub 2012 Mar 18. Mauskop A, Varughese J. Abstract Magnesium, the second most abundant intracellular cation, is essential in many intracellular processes and appears to play an important role in migraine pathogenesis. Routine blood tests do not reflect true body magnesium stores since <2% is in the […]
This information is from the interview, “Six Years in the Making: New Episodic Migraine Guidelines” Andrew N. Wilner, MD, David W. Dodick, MD May 15, 2012 Dr. Wilner: Both of which are US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved. Dr. Dodick: The other FDA-approved medications are propranolol and timolol, which are beta-blockers. We have added one more […]
Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Chiropractic Treatment of Adults With Headache Roland Bryans, DC, Martin Descarreaux, DC, PhD, Mireille Duranleau, DC, Henri Marcoux, DC, Brock Potter, DC, Rick Ruegg, PhD, DC, Lynn Shaw, PhD, Robert Watkin, LLB, Eleanor White, DC Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 274-289, June 2011 Abstract […]
By James P. Meschino, DC, MS Dynamic Chiropractic – September 9, 2010, Vol. 28, Issue 19 Full Story Migraine headaches afflict one in 19 adults, of which 75 percent are women. Migraines also occur in an estimated 3 percent to 7 percent of children. Overall, one in four households has a resident who is a […]
Allison Gandey Full Story August 28, 2009 — For patients with migraines who are difficult to manage with standard protocols, there might be a new option that could prove to have a therapeutic, as well as a cosmetic, effect. Results from a placebo-controlled surgical trial appear in the August issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. […]
Ying Li MD, PhD Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain Volume 49, Issue 6, pages 805–816, June 2009 Abstract Objective.— To discuss the results of a multicenter randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of verum acupuncture in treating acute migraine attacks. Background.— Acupuncture has been used in China for centuries to treat migraine […]
Allison Gandey April 15, 2009 April 15, 2009 — An exercise program has shown promise in decreasing the frequency of migraine and improving quality of life, report researchers. Even though physical activity can trigger migraine in some, new study results suggest the aerobic intervention can be well tolerated and even improve outcomes. “While the optimal […]
Published: Feb 12, 2009 By Kristina Fiore , Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story Action Points Explain to interested patients that greater waist circumference among patients ages 20 to 55 was associated with a significantly higher rate of migraine for both men and women. Note that the association may be attributable to adipose tissue, which […]
Peter J. Goadsby Oxford Journals>Medicine>Brain Volume 132, Issue 1Pp. 6-7. Full Story For much of the later part of the 20th century, a rather straightforward concept dominated thinking about migraine; first proposed in some part by Willis (1664) and best articulated by Wolff (1948), the theory explained the pain of migraine to be due to dilation […]
J Chiro Med Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages 66-70 (June 2008) http://www.journalchiromed.com/article/S0899-3467(08)00029-3/abstract Peter J. Tuchin, GradDipChiro, DipOHS, PhD Received 4 June 2007; received in revised form 18 February 2008; accepted 25 February 2008. Abstract Objective To present a case study of migraine sufferer who had a dramatic improvement after chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy (CSMT). Clinical […]
Migraine Headache and Coenzyme Q10 Andrew D. Hershey, MD, PhD Assoc. Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology University of Cincinnati Director, Headache Center Associate Director, Neurology Research Children’s Hospital Medical Center 3333 Burnet Ave Cincinnati, OH 45229 (513) 636-4222 / (513) 636-1888 (FAX) “Coenzyme Q10 Deficiency and Response to Supplementation In Pediatric and Adolescent Migraine,” […]
Serap Ucler, Ozlem Coskun, Levent E. Inan, and Yonca Kanatli Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 3 (2006), Issue 4, Pages 489-493 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nel035 Abstract Some patients with headache report that they have frequently used physical therapies such as application of cold to relieve their headache. There are only a few reported studies related to cold […]
Tietjen GE, et al. Headache: the Journal of Head and Face Pain. March 2006; Vol. 46, Iss. 3, pp. 422-428. Objective.—To evaluate the frequency of menorrhagia and endometriosis in female migraineurs compared to age-matched women without headache. Background.—Migraine predominantly affects women of childbearing age and is often associated with the menstrual period, yet there is […]
Published: Mar 2, 2006 By Judith Groch Full Story Action Points Discuss with migraine patients that acupuncture might do just as well for them as drug therapy. Explain that drug therapy, like acupuncture, might also halve the number of days with a migraine headaches. ESSEN, Germany, March 2 – With acupuncture for migraine, apparently it’s […]