Chances are you’ve come into contact with a label today. Whether on a breakfast bar, a tube of toothpaste, or a bottle of sunscreen, labels are part of our daily lives and provide important health information and directions to keep us safe. When it comes…
Chances are you’ve come into contact with a label today. Whether on a breakfast bar, a tube of toothpaste, or a bottle of sunscreen, labels are part of our daily lives and provide important health information and directions to keep us safe. When it comes…
Holidays are a time for family, friends, and happy memories. But those joyful moments can be associated with stress – from marathon shopping, preparing for celebrations, and traveling. Stress and other stimuli may trigger or increase your headaches. The National Headache Foundation recommends the following…
Medications to prevent migraine have been slow in coming, but a treatment approach currently being studied suggests that a new type of drug may benefit countless migraineurs. This new method employs agents that block a protein called calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), which plays a crucial…
Researchers have developed a new screening tool to help identify chronic migraine in individuals experiencing frequent headaches. Over a 3-year period, Dawn Buse, PhD, and colleagues developed a 12-item questionnaire that both patients and physicians can use to improve diagnosis and treatment of chronic migraine,…
It’s that time of year again: cold and flu season is here. As you stock your medicine cabinet to combat coughs and stuffy noses, remember to double check your medicine labels so you don’t double up on medicines containing acetaminophen. Acetaminophen is the most common…
Q. Even after a migraine attack my balance is still off, sometimes for days. Is this a common problem? A. Dizziness and balance being off in a way that is hard to describe is not an uncommon neurological symptom that can occur before, during, or…
Migraineurs who have a difficult time taking pills to alleviate their symptoms may soon be able to obtain migraine relief from a skin patch. Last month the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Zecuity, a single-use, battery-powered patch that delivers sumatriptan, the most commonly used…
Q. I have had bad headaches for years. I was not making any progress with the doctors I was seeing, and usually the medications that they prescribed caused other health issues. I did some research on my own and read that low testosterone levels could…
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