There was a Reuter’s News article from August 29th indicating that researchers led by Dr. Min Ku of Allergy & Asthma Care PA in Haddonfield, New Jersey, noted a high percentage (nearly 34 percent in a study size of 300 children and adults) of those with allergic rhinitis (hay fever) also met the diagnostic criteria for migraine. The... Read more
I’ve got a catalog of lines from songs in my head that I’m usually able to access at will. At a moment’s notice, I can usually bring a line forth to describe just about any situation. I’m renowned for it—even coworkers have commented on it. I think it annoys people (on many levels).I’m having trouble (right now) coming up with a... Read more
I don’t know about you, but my headaches have personality. I know them so well that I can recognize them from about a mile away. If one of them ever turned up missing, and I needed to describe them to the local police to file a missing headache report, it would be easy:
• Rarely comes in with a visual aura, but when it does, I know it will... Read more
Teri Robert, another fellow migraineur and prolific blogger, recently wrote that she disagrees with both MAGNUM and the International Headache Foundation about stress being a migraine trigger. Both MAGNUM and the IHF say that it isn’t, but Teri’s point is (and I’m probably summarizing and oversimplifying here) that it probably is a... Read more