Headache & Migraine
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
Vaporized Cannabis for Acute Migraine Yields Rapid, Sustained Relief
“In this single-center randomized controlled trial across 247 treated migraine attacks, four puffs of vaporized THC-CBD mix were efficacious for...
Conference Coverage
IV Ketamine Promising for Severe Refractory Headache in Children
Overall, the treatment was “safe and well tolerated.”
Conference Coverage
First Long-Term Data on Atogepant for Migraine Prevention
“This is the first long-term study for assessing the safety and efficacy of a drug belonging to the gepant class.”
Conference Coverage
Tension, Other Headache Types Robustly Linked to Attempted, Completed Suicide
The results underscore the need for psychiatric evaluations in patients with a headache disorder.
News
Risk Factors for Headache in Youth Identified
“While medications are used to stop and sometimes prevent headaches, lifestyle changes also may offer an effective route to relief by preventing...
Conference Coverage
Is Migraine a Forerunner of Multiple Sclerosis?
“The inflammatory setting of the first MS relapse might be actually triggering the migraine.”
News
No Link Between Habitual Caffeine Use and Migraine
Regularly drinking coffee was not linked to migraine frequency, intensity, or duration in a study.
Literature Review
Prednisolone May Improve MOH Withdrawal
Patients with medication-overuse headache who took prednisolone during medication withdrawal were found to have significantly higher rates of MOH...