Literature Review

Headache Remains a Significant Public Health Problem

Severe headache and migraine remain significant public health problems, and their prevalence has been stable for years, according to a review...

Patients with persistent posttraumatic headache have less cortical thickness in bilateral frontal regions and right hemisphere parietal regions of...

Among military veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and frequent nightmares, prazosin does not alleviate distressing dreams...

Headaches that reach peak intensity in less than one second of onset are significantly more common in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)...

More than one-quarter of initial emergency department (ED) visits for migraine are followed by headache revisits in fewer than six months,...

Migraine is associated with increased risk of myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, venous thromboembolism, and atrial...

Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) plays a key role in migraine pathophysiology, and recent studies have identified interactions between...

Opiates are overused, and acute analgesics with high-quality evidence may be underused, for the treatment of migraine, according to research...

Neurologists and patients may be able to predict migraine attacks using a model based on the level of stress from daily hassles, according to...

Headache in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) appears to be clinically independent of raised intracranial pressure and may require a...