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Facts and Figures About Headaches

A headache is a common ailment that affects people worldwide. It is difficult to even estimate the number of people suffering from a headache at any one time...

Insomnia and Headaches

Sleep habits are an overlooked trigger of headaches and migraines. We regularly hear about sleep habits affecting areas such as concentration and memory but...

Are Sleep Headaches Rare?

The simple answer is yes, headaches that start during sleep, and that actually wake you from sleep, are quite rare. It is much more usual for a headache to c...

Butterburr: Pros and Cons

Butterburr, or butterbur, is the common name of an extract from the plant Petasites hybridus. It has been tested in a full clinical trial, which concluded it...

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Can Oxygen Treatment Help Headaches?

Early observations made by people with headaches that they felt better when they breathed deeply and went out in the fresh air led doctors in the 1930s to in...

My Sinus Headaches were a Real Pain: A Case Study

Debbie is looking tanned and relaxed having just returned from a holiday in the South of France and is looking forward to doing more travelling later in the...

Does Stroke Cause Headaches?

Stroke is a serious and potentially fatal event that occurs in the brain and is usually accompanied by a very severe headache. People can experience two diff...

Coping With Holiday Headaches

Everyone looks forward to holidays regardless of whether they are travelling away from home or not. A long Easter Weekend, the Christmas and New Year break w...

Why Eyestrain Leads to Headaches

Eyestrain can be the result of any activity in which the eyes focus in one place for a long time. Using a computer screen for much of the day is one of the w...

Aura in Headaches: What Causes It?

Migraine with aura is one of the most common types of headache that are preceded by an aura, a collection of symptoms that occur just before the pain of the...

Migraine Classification

Migraine is a common and disabling headache condition that affects more men than women. It is regarded as one of the top twenty disabling health conditions b...

Butterburr: Pros and Cons

Butterburr, or butterbur, is the common name of an extract from the plant Petasites hybridus. It has been tested in a full clinical trial, which concluded it...

Deep Brain Stimulation and Cluster Headaches

Cluster headaches are one of the most distressing types of headache that anyone can experience. The pain is typically excruciatingly intense and on one side...

I Suffered Whiplash Headaches: A Case Study

Four years ago Sue was taking her daughter to a shopping centre just a few miles from where they live in Berkshire. As she slowed down at a roundabout, where...

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