http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Patients with a cluster headache, which is characterized by bouts of excruciating pain usually near the eye or temple, were more likely to report being pain-free within 15 minutes of treatment with high-flow oxygen than patients who received a placebo treatment, according to a study in the December 9 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news179513515.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:20:40 EST news179513515 (PhysOrg.com) -- A Michigan State University researcher is leading a clinical trial on an experimental medication he hopes will give doctors another weapon in the fight against depression and prove to be more effective among patients. http://www.physorg.com/news178999354.html Medicine & Health Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:40:02 EST news178999354 You can practically track Steve Barkley's stress by the level of activity in his temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, the hinge joint that connects the lower jaw to the temporal bone of the skull and helps one chew, talk and yawn. http://www.physorg.com/news178536962.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:40:04 EST news178536962 For thousands of years it has been prescribed by traditional healers in Brazil to treat a range of ailments from headaches and stomach pain to fever and flu. http://www.physorg.com/news178315036.html Biology Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:58:45 EST news178315036 Pooling results from 21 studies, involving 622,381 men and women, researchers at Johns Hopkins have affirmed that migraine headaches are associated with more than twofold higher chances of the most common kind of stroke: those occurring when blood supply to the brain is suddenly cut off by the buildup of plaque or a blood clot. http://www.physorg.com/news177593372.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:50:04 EST news177593372 Migraine with aura (temporary visual or sensory disturbances before or during a migraine headache) is associated with a twofold increased risk of stroke, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today. Further risk factors for stroke among patients with migraine are being a woman, being young, being a smoker, and using oestrogen containing contraceptives. http://www.physorg.com/news175930820.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:50:01 EST news175930820 She was only 30 years old, but she was experiencing the classic symptoms of a stroke. Her speech suddenly became slurred, and her left hand became clumsy while eating. http://www.physorg.com/news175787653.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:55:17 EST news175787653 The disability from migraine headaches is an enormous health burden affecting over 30 million Americans. http://www.physorg.com/news175748689.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:40:01 EST news175748689 Migraine sufferers, beware. You may be more prone to an alcohol-induced headache after a night of drinking, according to researchers from the Jefferson Headache Center. The research will be presented at Neuroscience 2009, the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, in Chicago. http://www.physorg.com/news175157842.html Medicine & Health Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:10:01 EST news175157842 (AP) -- Standing at the edge of a clear pond in the Idaho mountains on a cold day in early October, former U.S. Marine Angel Gomez made a timid cast with his fly fishing rod. http://www.physorg.com/news175141984.html Medicine & Health Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:33:55 EST news175141984 When it comes to fighting headaches, instant gratification is ideal. It's easy to pop a couple of pain pills and move on with your daily activities. But doctors say the most common remedy used by headache sufferers could actually be a major source of the problem. http://www.physorg.com/news170684124.html Medicine & Health Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:20:01 EST news170684124 Family quarrels and a lack of free time can promote headaches in children. This is what Jennifer Gassmann and her coauthors concluded in their study on risk factors, which appears in the current issue of the Deutsches Ärzteblatt International. http://www.physorg.com/news169728049.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:30:01 EST news169728049 High caffeine consumption, more headaches? http://www.physorg.com/news169457413.html Medicine & Health Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:40:01 EST news169457413 A new study published in the August 2009 issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) finds that two years after anterior cervical neck operations, patients who have arthroplasty (disc replacement) or arthodesis (spine fusion) can be expected to have significant improvement in their headache symptoms. http://www.physorg.com/news168519037.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:00:02 EST news168519037 Migraine headaches are a drain - not only on the estimated 30 million Americans who suffer from them, but on the economy, too. Because pain and other symptoms caused by migraine headaches can be quite severe, it is projected that nearly $13 billion is spent every year in headache treatment and loss of time from work, which no one can afford these days. But according to a new study in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), there is hope for severe and frequent migraine sufferers who can't find relief in conventional remedies. http://www.physorg.com/news168270086.html Medicine & Health Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:41:57 EST news168270086 Most children who suffer from chronic daily headache may outgrow the disabling condition, according to research published in the July 15, 2009, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Nearly 1.5 percent of middle school children are affected by chronic daily headache, which includes chronic migraines and tension-type headaches. http://www.physorg.com/news166903240.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:01:06 EST news166903240 David Goldman has a chronic headache, but help is on the way. A driver arrives at his apartment and rings the doorbell, checks Goldman's ID card, then hands over a small bag of marijuana. http://www.physorg.com/news166121578.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:00:05 EST news166121578 Researchers are calling for space headache to be established as a new secondary disorder after carrying out a study of 17 astronauts, published in the June issue of Cephalalgia. http://www.physorg.com/news163153988.html Space & Earth Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:33:46 EST news163153988 A pain condition common in people with migraines also has a high prevalence in patients with cluster headache, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Jefferson Headache Center at Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience. http://www.physorg.com/news162659975.html Medicine & Health Wed, 27 May 2009 16:20:17 EST news162659975 Patients living with migraine have strong reason for new optimism concerning a positive future. Two review articles and an accompanying editorial, "The Future of Migraine: Beyond Just Another Pill," in the current issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, are the basis for an ironic premise. http://www.physorg.com/news162571101.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 May 2009 15:39:48 EST news162571101 Doctors in southwest China have successfully removed a bullet from a woman's head 42 years after she was shot, putting an end to decades of increasingly unbearable pain, state media said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news161596046.html Medicine & Health Fri, 15 May 2009 08:48:00 EST news161596046 Ever miss your daily cup of coffee and subsequently get a pounding headache? According to reports from consumers of coffee and other caffeinated products, caffeine withdrawal is often characterized by a headache, fatigue, feeling less alert, less energetic and experiencing difficulty concentrating. http://www.physorg.com/news160416875.html Medicine & Health Fri, 01 May 2009 17:15:22 EST news160416875 Many patients who suffer from migraines avoid taking aerobic exercise because they are afraid that the physical activity may bring on a serious migraine attack. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now developed an exercise programme that can improve fitness among migraine sufferers without aggravating this painful condition. http://www.physorg.com/news159098199.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:57:24 EST news159098199 While physical exercise has been shown to trigger migraine headaches among sufferers, a new study describes an exercise program that is well tolerated by patients. The findings show that the program decreased the frequency of headaches and improved quality of life. The study is published in Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain. http://www.physorg.com/news157294810.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:00:57 EST news157294810 (AP) -- At first, Natasha Richardson said she felt fine after she took a spill on a Canadian ski slope. But that's not unusual for people who suffer traumatic head injuries like the one that killed the actress. http://www.physorg.com/news156752258.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:18:09 EST news156752258 (AP) -- Behind Dan DeRosa's smiling face lurks a dull headache that never goes away. He suffers from memory lapses and hears a shrill ringing in his ears akin to the lingering squeal of a heavy metal concert. http://www.physorg.com/news156664195.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:50:34 EST news156664195 New research is unraveling the complex brain mechanisms associated with disabling migraine headaches. The study, published by Cell Press in the March 12th issue of the journal Neuron, reveals that perturbation of the delicate balance between excitation and inhibition may make the brain more vulnerable to migraine attacks. http://www.physorg.com/news156007151.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:20:00 EST news156007151 Although large numbers of headache sufferers, particularly individuals who struggle with migraines, attribute their pain to the weather, there has been little scientific evidence to back up their assertions. Now, a study of more than 7,000 patients, led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), provides some of the first large-scale data on how environmental conditions -- weather, as well as air pollution -- influence headache pain. Reported in the March 10 issue of the journal Neurology, the findings demonstrate that higher temperatures, and to a lesser degree, lower barometric pressure, contribute to severe headaches. http://www.physorg.com/news155843261.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:48:23 EST news155843261 It's estimated that more than a half million kids in the U.S. go to the hospital each year with a concussion.* That's an average of a kid per minute- every minute of every day. Some concussions are worse than others but it might surprise you to know that almost all of them are treated the same. New research is pointing toward a more sophisticated way of diagnosing and treating concussions in kids. http://www.physorg.com/news155188604.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:57:23 EST news155188604 A study in the Feb. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that the use of sleep or napping to relieve chronic pain caused by tension-type headaches could have the unwanted effect of decreasing the homeostatic drive for sleep, leading to reduced ability to initiate and maintain sleep at night. Use of sleep as a coping mechanism for pain over time could lead to the development of poor sleep hygiene and serve as a perpetuating factor for chronic insomnia. http://www.physorg.com/news153903467.html Medicine & Health Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:58:19 EST news153903467