Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Could your child have migraines?

(HealthDay)—Determining if your child has migraine headaches may be difficult because the symptoms aren't always obvious, experts say.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Image-guided treatment shown to break the migraine cycle

An innovative interventional radiology treatment has been found to offer chronic migraine sufferers sustained relief of their headaches, according to research being presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's Annual ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study rates migraine medications

(HealthDay)—The best medications to use if you suffer migraine headaches are listed in a new study.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study suggests worsening trends in headache management

Each year more than 12 million Americans visit their doctors complaining of headaches, which result in lost productivity and costs of upward of $31 billion annually. A new study by researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical ...

Neuroscience

Abuse in childhood tied to migraines in adulthood

(HealthDay)—Adults who experienced childhood abuse or neglect have a higher risk of migraine headaches, suggests a study published online Dec. 24 in the journal Neurology.

Surgery

Limit imaging scans for headache? Neurosurgeons raise concerns

Recent guidelines seeking to reduce the use of neuroimaging tests for patients with headaches run the risk of missing or delaying the diagnosis of brain tumors, according to a special article in the January issue of Neurosurgery, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Migraine may double risk for facial paralysis

Migraine headache may double the risk of a nervous system condition that causes facial paralysis, called Bell's palsy, according to a new study published in the December 17, 2014, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Anxiety and insecurity may lead to headaches

(Medical Xpress)—A new study has suggested that a person's level of emotional security may be linked to their chance of suffering from headaches.

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