Headache Articles

• Chronic Tension-Type Headache in Adolescents. Clinical and Psychological Characteristics Analyzed Through Self- and Parent-Report Questionnaires Teens with chronic tension-type headache seem to differ from those without, and need a specific management approach.
  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, October 2009
• Images From Headache: Atypical Cluster Headache Secondary to Giant Meningioma Review the diagnosis and MRI of a 37-year-old man who presented with an 8-year history of side-locked attacks of excruciatingly severe, squeezing left peri-orbital pain.
  Headache, October 2009
• Fixed-Dose Sumatriptan and Naproxen in Poor Responders to Triptans With a Short Half-Life Sumatiptan and naproxen may offer relief to migraneurs with a less-than optimal response to triptans.
  Headache, October 2009
• What Are the Common Causes of Facial Pain? Facial pain has many causes and can severely affect a patients quality of life.
  Medscape Nurses, October 2009
• Effectiveness of an Intensive Multidisciplinary Headache Treatment Program Intensive multidisciplinary headache treatment is highly effective for patients with chronic headaches and migraines.
  Headache, October 2009
• A 34-Year-Old Woman With Headache and Visual Blurring Test your knowledge with this imaging case challenge of a 34-year-old woman with headache and visual blurring.
  Medscape Neurology & Neurosurgery, August 2009
• Multiple Cranial Nerve Involvement Caused by Brucella melitensis A 23-year-old woman was referred to physicians for headache starting 20 days previously, nausea and vomiting two weeks prior to presentation.
  Southern Medical Journal, August 2009
• Migraine with Aura in Women Is Associated with Cerebellar Brain Infarctions Contrary to common belief, migraine is systemic with a variety of manifestations.
  AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill, July 2009
• Migraine Treatment With Rizatriptan and Almotriptan: A Crossover Study Which medication works the fastest on migraine pain?
  Headache, June 2009
• Diagnosing Ophthalmoplegic Migraine What is the differential diagnosis for this rare condition? Which criteria will pin down the diagnosis?
  Medscape Neurology & Neurosurgery, May 2009
• OTC Analgesics in Headache Treatment: Open-Label Phase vs Randomized Double-Blind Phase of a Large Clinical Trial The efficacy results from double-blind, randomized clinical trials with nonprescription analgesics can be generalized and applied to everyday conditions provided careful study design.
  Headache, May 2009
• Rizatriptan 10-mg ODT for Early Treatment of Migraine and Impact of Migraine Education on Treatment Response Studies have shown rizatriptan tablet efficacy in early migraine treatment.
  Headache, May 2009
• Botulinum Toxin A in the Treatment of Chronic Tension-Type Headache With Cervical Myofascial Trigger Points: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of botulinum toxin A as a prophylactic treatment for chronic tension-type headache with myofascial trigger points producing referred head pain.
  Headache, May 2009
• A 15-Year-Old Girl With Elevated Liver Enzymes This article describes the diagnostic workup of an adolescent girl who has a nonclassic presentation of a rare gastrointestinal disease.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, April 2009
• Stroke as a Complication of Medical Disease The relationship between stroke and various medical diseases is examined, with the aim of allowing the reader to better recognize etiologic relationships, and thereby reach more accurate diagnoses.
  Seminars in Neurology, April 2009
• Mild Head Trauma and Chronic Headaches in Returning US Soldiers a military neurologic clinic, certain types of head and neck trauma were found to be very common among US Army soldiers returning from combat in Iraq and being evaluated for chronic headache.
  Headache, April 2009
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Migraine The authors seek to evaluate the relative frequency of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in episodic migraine and chronic daily headache sufferers and the impact on headache-related disability.
  Headache, April 2009
• Comprehensive Inpatient Treatment of Refractory Chronic Daily Headache The objective of this study is to assess outcome at discharge for a consecutive series of admissions to a comprehensive, multidisciplinary inpatient headache unit; and to identify outcome predictors
  Headache, April 2009
• Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Cerebral venous thrombosis was formerly considered a rare disorder. More recent data based on modern imaging techniques, however, have changed our perception of CVT.
  Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, April 2009
• Autonomic Dysfunction in Chronic Liver Disease This article presents clinicians with a practical guide to the common presentations and consequences of autonomic dysfunction, investigation techniques, and treatment options in chronic liver disease.
  Liver International, April 2009