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Chronotherapy: Why Timing Drugs to Our Body Clocks May Work
More research showed circadian medicine — timing drug-taking to one’s body clock — could reduce side effects and improve the effectiveness of a...
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Interictal Burden, Disability, Allodynia Linked to Increased Likelihood of Seeking Migraine Care
Researchers said providers in internal medicine and primary care should be on the lookout for patients with migraine-related disability and...
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ASTRO Releases New EBRT Guideline for Symptomatic Bone Mets
Recommendations concerning pain management and quality of life are part of the guidance.
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Migraine Disability Nearly Doubled in US Between 2005 and 2018
Although prevalence remained roughly the same during the past 30 years, the proportion of people with moderate to severe MIDAS disability has...
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Is Meningitis a Risk Factor for Trigeminal Neuralgia? New Data
In multivariate analysis, the odds of meningitis were threefold higher in patients admitted with trigeminal neuralgia than in matched controls...
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The DEA Plans to Reschedule Marijuana: What Happens Next?
Following 2023 FDA information that legitimized marijuana as a medical treatment, DEA moves to lower its scheduling.
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Three Conditions for Which Cannabis Appears to Help
Neuropathic pain, chemotherapy-induced nausea or vomiting, and spasticity in people with multiple sclerosis, may be helped by cannabis.
Conference Coverage
Lidocaine Nerve Block Effective for Severe, Refractory Migraine in Children
“This is the first randomized controlled trial that shows lidocaine injections can be significantly more effective than a placebo for these...
Conference Coverage
IV Ketamine Promising for Severe Refractory Headache in Children
Overall, the treatment was “safe and well tolerated.”
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Tension, Other Headache Types Robustly Linked to Attempted, Completed Suicide
The results underscore the need for psychiatric evaluations in patients with a headache disorder.
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Chronic Pain Linked to Accelerated Brain Aging
The acceleration in brain aging was largely driven by the hippocampus and predicted memory decline and incident dementia during follow-up.