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What Pain Medicine Is The Best For A Headache
Getting Your Headache Diagnosis Straight
-from Suzanne Simons, NHF Executive Director
The term "headache" is often overused. "Headache" means different things to different people. Some sufferers say they have a "sick" headache or a "stress" headache, but regardless of what you call it, determining what type of head pain disorder you have is the first step to finding appropriate treatment.
In a recent online survey by the National Headache Foundation (NHF), 73% of headache sufferers reported experiencing more than one type of heada...
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Health Guide
Sinus Headache or Migraine?
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...in a New Light highlights research that indicates that much of what we think we know about migriane headaches is innacurate. Dr. Daniel Kantor, Director of the Comprehensive MS Center,... Read more »Images
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Medications
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