Sunday, May 20th, 2012 | Health
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Now, more that ever, concerned physicians are beginning to ask
about and understand the role of non-drug therapies to assist
patients with headache. These therapies, alone or in combination
with medications can significantly impact on headache treatment.
This pleases me. As a Family Physician and Clinical Hypnotist
with thirty years experience in the field, I applaud this trend.
Certainly, a capable and compassionate physician will struggle
to assist his/her patient find headache relief by ...
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Saturday, May 19th, 2012 | Health
Although the cause of migraine headaches is often undetermined,
we do know that they present in different ways, and may involve
different areas of the head and/or neck area.
Many people experience migraines with an aura. This is a
neurological phenomenon that produces a variety of symptoms,
both visual and physical. The aura may occur shortly before
onset of the headache, or at the same time.
Most aura are visual in nature, and often described as
blurriness or outlines around objects, and ...
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Friday, May 18th, 2012 | Health
b>For those who didn't know already, it's becoming more and
more clear that headaches and hormones are linked. Of
course, there are countless sufferers who could have told you
that already. But what can be done about them? Are some
treatments more effective than others?
If you're a woman getting a monthly headache, there's a strong
chance it's
migraine. The trend seems to be that changes
in estrogen and progesterone levels trigger migraine attacks.
It's believed that there's a link between ...
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Thursday, May 17th, 2012 | Health
The concept of sinus headaches runs so deep in the public mind
that many people with pain in the fronts of their heads (and
even some people with pain in the backs of their heads)
automatically assume that it is caused by their sinuses.
Moreover, their diagnosis seems confirmed when any of the
following occurs:
* The headache is caused by a change in weather.
* The headache includes nasal congestion or sinus pressure.
* A "sinus" medication helps resolve the headache.
Yet most headache ...
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Health
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Home Remedies - Facts or Quacks?
That's what I recently asked myself. Myths and legends often
have their basis in a grain of truth. So I wondered if home
remedies, alternative treatments, and folklore cures might also
be based on truth. A little research provided this unusual
perspective on one of our most frequently-used medicines.
Barking Up The Wrong Tree?
Not if it's a willow tree! Chewing on willow bark to reduce
fever and inflammation dates back to the time ...
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