I was on inpatient service and reviewed the patient’s chart to find out that her cancer had spread to her spine, which had incapacitated her to the point that she could not walk on her own and required assistance even for...
Read MoreA survey by The Harris Poll shows that since the pandemic, nearly three in 10 Americans have initiated or increased their use of supplements, bringing the percentage of daily supplement users to more than 75% of adults. The poll...
Read MoreNeck pain does not necessarily indicate cervical musculoskeletal dysfunction when present with migraine, according to a study published in Headache. Researchers conducted a crosssectional, single-blinded study among 124 patients...
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“Migraine headaches affect more than 12% of the United States population, mostly females, and...
Read MoreAccording to a March 2021 release by InstaMed, “Trends in Healthcare Payments Eleventh Annual Report: 2020,” payer trends in healthcare payments have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic compared with previous years....
Read MoreComponents of nonpharmacologic interventions may be effective for treating pediatric migraine, according to a review published in Pediatrics. Inves- tigators conducted a systematic review and network meta-analysis to examine...
Read MoreInterventions that increase dietary intake of eicos- apentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), with or without a decrease in lin- oleic acid, alter bioactive mediators that are im- plicated in migraine and reduce...
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“The COVID-19 pandemic has led to extremely unusual circumstances, altering people’s behavior,...
Read MoreAlthough white matter hyperintensity (WMH) has no relevant prognostic value regarding the course of migraine and vascular complications, WMH patterns may be used to differentiate migraine as a primary disorder and other...
Read MoreAmong patients with chronic migraine (CM) with medication overuse headache (MOH), those treated in an outpatient facility, those with more than 69 headaches during 3 months, and those with relevant symptoms of anxiety and...
Read MoreNearly one in five women who suffer from chronic migraine avoid pregnancy because of that condition, researchers found. In their observational study based on data from the American Registry for Migraine Research (ARMR), Ryotaro...
Read MoreFor menopausal women, a history of migraine is associated with hypertension, according to a study published in Neurology. Researchers examined whether history of migraine is associated with hypertension in a longitudinal cohort...
Read MoreAdults with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have a higher prevalence of migraine or severe headache, according to a study published in Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain. Investigators analyzed data from 60,436 US...
Read MoreDuring a recent PW Podcast episode, we spoke with Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School; and Associate Professor of Medicine and Hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical...
Read MoreDuring a recent PW Podcast episode, we spoke with micro- and plastic surgeon Minas Chrysopoulo, MD, FACS, who is also the founder of Toliman Health and author of the PW feature article “Empathy, The Best Medicine?” Following is...
Read MoreThe Oregon Medical Board suspended the license of family practitioner Steven Latulippe for what it called “unprofessional or dishonorable conduct.” The board said his behavior was “an immediate danger to the public.” His...
Read MoreI take ER calls as a plastic surgeon. The ER doctor performs the primary repair on cases for which they determine don’t warrant calling me and tells the patients to see me for follow-up. If the patient never calls, am I liable...
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“Migraine attacks can be severely burdensome, intensely painful, and debilitating, often...
Read MoreAsurvey of 3,693 first- and second-year surgical residents found that 48.1% said medical school did not adequately prepare them for the rigors of surgical residency. Although the more overnight calls a student participated in,...
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