Science news articles about 'chronic headache'

... reduction in the pain score of five to eight points. "The treatment of migraine and other chronic headache pain can be a considerable challenge to physicians. Not all patients can tolerate the ...

... novel therapy using a miniature nerve stimulator instead of medication for the treatment of profoundly disabling headache disorders improved the experience of pain by 80-95 percent, according to a new ...

... headaches. And a Norwegian study found that people were seven times more likely to suffer from chronic headaches if they used analgesics daily or almost daily for more than a month." Despite being ...

For chronic headaches the best treatment may be one of the oldest: acupuncture.

... identified as a risk factor for developing chronic headaches. Women in the headache group also reported a significantly ... years. The average time since the first headache of any type was 9.4 years ...

... headaches than those with low caffeine consumption, researchers in Norway have found. But, oddly enough, low caffeine consumption was associated with a greater likelihood of chronic headaches.

... adverse effects and a worsening of the illness due to a "rebound effect", according to specialists. Chronic headaches are a separate illness and one of the most frequent chronic diseases. Although ...

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.