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Allergy and Migraine

Sinus Headache is rarely disabling and is rarely associated with nausea, light or sound sensitivity — with the exceptions being sphenoid and chronic sinusitis. However, migraine is often misdiagnosed as sinus headache because they share some common symptoms and each…

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Becoming a MigrainePro: Focusing on Acute Treatment

Roger Cady, MD, founder of the Headache Care Center in Springfield, MO, discusses becoming a MigrainePro. He looks at various acute treatments for migraine and how MigrainePro, a free online educational program, can help migraine sufferers. https://youtu.be/Y89fJBIVWPw Subscribe to Our…

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Biofeedback and Migraine

Biofeedback is an effective protective procedure to sooth the nervous system before it responds with a migraine. At the first indication that a migraine may be on the way, a migraineur needs to make time for herself by taking 10…

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Caffeine and Headache

Caffeine is a naturally occurring stimulant, found in certain foods and drinks. It is found in coffee, cola, tea and chocolate, among other things. It is also found as an additive in many over the counter and prescription pain medications….

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Cervicogenic Headache

Wade Cooper is the Medical Director of the University of Michigan Headache and Neuropathic Pain Clinic. He is an assistant professor with the departments of Neurology and Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan School of Medicine. He also serves as…

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Chronic Daily Headache

Chronic Daily Headache, while not yet a recognized diagnosis by the International Classification for Headache Disorders, is a term commonly given to patients that suffer from headaches for more than half of the month and a condition that is very…

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Chronic Migraine Webinar

Chronic migraine is a progressive disease that can significantly impact activities of daily living. Management strategies involve preventive lifestyle and medical approaches. In this webinar we present strategies for management of chronic migraine and chronic daily headache. https://youtu.be/KXur9U7TRdo Subscribe to…

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Cluster Headache

Cluster headache refers to the characteristic grouping or clustering of attacks. Cluster headaches may also be known as histamine headache, red migraine, Horton’s headache, and cephalalgia or sphenopalatine neuralgia. The headache periods can last several weeks or months, and then…

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Comorbidities and Migraine

Migraine is a complex neurological disorder which overlaps many other conditions including sleep disorders, depression, anxiety, cardiovascular disease and cerebrovascular disease. These conditions can worsen migraines and can also prevent the safe treatment of migraines. It is often possible to…

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Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Headaches

Dr. Mauskop is a licensed acupuncturist and author of The Headache Alternative: A Neurologist’s Guide to Drug-Free Relief, a book published by Dell and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Migraines: The Breakthrough Program That Can Help End…

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Depression and Headache

Nowhere are the limitations of current psychiatric diagnostic schemas more apparent than at the interface of Major Depressive Disorder and chronic pain DSM-IV-TR does not list pain as a symptom of any mood disorder and anxiety/depression are strikingly marginalized in…

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Diet and Migraine: Is there a role?

Combining diet and lifestyle changes can often make a huge impact in control of migraine headaches. The traditional approach was to focus on migraine and try to identify triggers. Often this yielded poor results and patients gave up the diet…

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