Tag: migraine

Yoga, acupuncture effective for chronic pain management

Lead author Richard L. Nahin, Ph.D., of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and colleagues publish their findings in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. In any given year, around 100 million adults in the United States experience chronic pain – pain that persists for at […]

Consequences of Skipping Breakfast

Some of us have a tendency to skip breakfast. Others do it because they are in an attempt to cut down the net calorie intake, too busy during the morning rush or just don’t have an appetite. Although most Americans begin their day with breakfast, one out of 10, which is approximately 10 percents of […]

Effective Ways to Treat PMS without Drugs

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is characterized by a range of symptoms that occur in women during the last two weeks of their menstrual cycle. The symptoms affect up to 85 percent of menstruating women start 5 to 11 days before menstruation and usually go away when menstruation begins, or shortly thereafter. Symptoms Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) can […]

Dump pharmaceuticals for migraines and use lavender essential oil: Study

America is a migraine nation. Approximately 37 million Americans suffer from migraine headaches. It’s estimated that there are 2-3 million chronic migraine suffers and about 5 million have a minimum of one migraine attack per month. Even worse, 11 million Americans are moderately to severely disabled by migraines. Ninety-one percent can’t work or function during […]

Yoga, acupuncture effective for chronic pain management

Lead author Richard L. Nahin, Ph.D., of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and colleagues publish their findings in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. In any given year, around 100 million adults in the United States experience chronic pain – pain that persists for at […]

Scientists discover potential biomarker for migraine in the blood

The findings of the study, published in Neurology, could have implications for the diagnosis and treatment of episodic migraine if they can be supported by further research. “While more research is needed to confirm these initial findings, the possibility of discovering a new biomarker for migraine is exciting,” reports study author Dr. B. Lee Peterlin, […]