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Headache -- A headache (medically known as cephalgia) is a condition of mild to severe pain in the head; sometimes neck or upper back pain may also be interpreted as a headache. Headaches have a wide variety ... > full article Cluster headache -- Cluster headaches are rare, extremely painful and debilitating headaches that occur in groups or clusters. Cluster headache sufferers typically experience severe headaches of a piercing quality near ... > full article Migraine -- Migraine is a neurologic disease, of which the most common symptom is an intense and disabling headache. Migraine is the most common type of vascular headache. Migraine headaches are usually ... > full article Peripheral vision -- Peripheral vision is a part of vision that occurs outside the very center of gaze. There is in actuality a very broad set of non-central points in the field of view that is included in the notion of ... > full article Neurology -- Neurology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Physicians specializing in the field of neurology are called neurologists and are trained to diagnose, treat, and ... > full article Hallucination -- A hallucination is a sensory perception experienced in the absence of an external stimulus, as distinct from an illusion, which is a misperception of an external stimulus. Hallucinations may occur in ... > full article Bruxism -- Bruxism is grinding of the teeth. This is an oral para-functional activity observed in most people to some degree. Bruxism includes clenching and/or grinding of the teeth. Some have incorrectly ... > full article Dominant eye in vision -- Ocular dominance, sometimes called eye dominance or eyedness, is the tendency to prefer visual input from one eye to the other. It is somewhat analogous to the laterality of right or left handedness, ... > full article
Lead poisoning -- Lead poisoning is a condition, also known as plumbism or painter's colic, caused by increased blood serum lead levels. The symptoms of lead poisoning include neurological problems, such as reduced ... > full article Anger management -- The term anger management commonly refers to a system of psychological therapeutic techniques and exercises by which one with excessive or uncontrollable anger can control or reduce the triggers, ... > full article
Pain -- Pain's an unpleasant sensation which may be associated with actual or potential tissue damage and which may have physical and emotional components. According to the International Association for the ... > full article Jet lag -- Jet lag (aka "jetlag" or "jet-lag"), is a physiological condition which is a consequence of alterations to the circadian rhythm. Such alterations result from shift work, transmeridian travel, or ... > full article Epilepsy -- Epilepsy (sometimes referred to as a seizure disorder) is a common chronic neurological condition that is characterized by recurrent unprovoked epileptic seizures. These seizures are transient signs ... > full article Attribution theory -- Attribution theory is a field of social psychology, which was born out of the theoritical models of Fritz Heider, Harold Kelley, Edward E. Jones, and Lee Ross. Attribution theory is concerned with ... > full article Traumatic brain injury -- Traumatic brain injury (TBI), traumatic injuries to the brain, also called intracranial injury, or simply head injury, occurs when a sudden trauma causes brain damage. With mild TBI, the patient may ... > full article
Anxiety -- Anxiety is a complex combination of negative emotion that includes fear, apprehension and worry, and is often accompanied by physical sensations such as palpitations, chest pain and/or shortness of ... > full article
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Meningitis is an inflammation of the coverings around the brain and spinal cord, which can be caused by a virus, bacteria or other organisms. Its symptoms can include, fever, stiff neck, nausea, vomiting or even confusion. It can be very contagious and even fatal. The only way to diagnose this disease is through a lumbar puncture, called a spinal tap.| News: | ||
Migraines Associated With Increased Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease In Men (April 24, 2007) -- Men with migraine headaches may be at an increased risk for major cardiovascular disease and especially heart attacks, according to a report in the Archives of Internal ... > full story
Does Migraine Protect Your Memory? (April 24, 2007) -- Women with a lifetime history of migraine showed less of a performance decline over time on cognitive tests than women who didn't have migraines. Researchers say medications for migraine, diet and ... > full story
Could A Heart Defect Cause Certain Migraines? (April 20, 2007) -- Researchers of the heart and headaches at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital are combining efforts to determine if a common heart defect may be the cause of some forms of migraine ... > full story
Dipyrone May Treat Headaches -- But Use With Caution (April 18, 2007) -- The controversial drug dipyrone can treat acute headaches, but patients should be warned of the risk of potentially serious blood disorders (or "dyscrasias"), concluded a Cochrane Review team. ... > full story
Combination Treatment For Migraine More Effective Than Single Medications (April 9, 2007) -- Combining two different types of treatment for migraine results in better symptom relief than taking either one of the medications, according to a new ... > full story
Headache-related Work Absences Have A Considerable Economic Cost (March 15, 2007) -- Headaches are most common in people's forties and can have a profound effect on their working and personal lives, as a specialist study just published ... > full story
Scientists Identify Protein That May Promote Migraines (March 9, 2007) -- A University of Iowa study may provide an explanation for why some people get migraine headaches while others do not. The researchers found that too much of a small protein called RAMP1 appears to ... > full story
Innovative Treatment For Migraines Combines Botox And Surgery (March 9, 2007) -- Five years ago, Sharon Schafer Bennett suffered from migraines so severe that the headaches disrupted her life, kept her from seeking a job and interfered with participation in her children's daily ... > full story
Psychiatric And Neurologic Conditions May Underlie Many Cases Of Chronic Dizziness (February 21, 2007) -- Chronic dizziness may have several common causes, including anxiety disorders, migraine, traumatic brain injury and disorders in the part of the nervous system governing involuntary activities, ... > full story
Women With Migraines More Likely To Have Depression (January 9, 2007) -- Women with chronic headache, especially migraines, are more likely to be depressed, feel tired, and have a host of other severe physical symptoms, according to a study published in the January 9, ... > full story
Anxiety Disorders Linked To Physical Conditions (October 24, 2006) -- Anxiety disorders appear to be independently associated with several physical conditions, including thyroid disease, respiratory disease, arthritis and migraine headaches, according to a report in ... > full story
Many Teens Lose Migraines As They Reach Adulthood (October 24, 2006) -- There's good news for kids and teens with migraines. Nearly 40 percent of kids and teens with migraine no longer had headaches 10 years later, and another 20 percent developed less severe headaches, ... > full story
Your Body's Many Cries for Water
As a result of extensive research into the role of water in the body, the author, a medical doctor, believes that he has found chronic dehydration to be the cause of many conditions including asthma, ... > read more
The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain
Dr. John Sarno caused quite a ruckus back in 1990 when he suggested that back pain is all in the head. In his bestselling book, Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection, he claimed that backaches, ... > read more
Celiac Disease : A Hidden Epidemic
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that affects nearly one in every hundred people. Unfortunately, 97 percent remain undiagnosed and untreated. They continue to suffer from gastrointestinal ... > read more
Home Safe Home
Fascinating, affordable, helpful tips on how to keep your home safe from toxics by an expert on home safety! Home Safe Home is the ultimate reference of its kind, written by the leading authority on ... > read more
How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy!
Your personalized 4-step guide to looking and feeling great from the inside out! A book for anyone who wants to look and feel their best. You are unique! The way we respond to food, exercise and ... > read more
The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, Second Edition
The first edition of this workbook is regarded as a classic in its field, and was the first book to introduce trigger point therapy to the general public as a self-care tool for alleviating chronic ... > read more
The Stretch Deck: 50 Stretches
Stretching is one of the most effective ways to enhance overall fitness. This easy-to-use tool by the author of the best-selling Yoga Deck addresses key body regions-neck, shoulders, back, legs-in a ... > read more
Loving Someone With Bipolar Disorder
Julie Fast and John Preston have written a ground breaking book for couples who want to prevent manic depressive disorder from hijacking their relationship. Fast, a health writer diagnosed with ... > read more
Modern Cosmology
Modern Cosmology begins with an introduction to the smooth, homogeneous universe described by a Friedman-Robertson-Walker metric, including careful treatments of dark energy, big bang ... > read more
The Cure for All Cancers: Including over 100 Case Histories of Persons Cured
Cancer can now be cured, not just treated We are not accustomed to thinking about a cure for cancer. We think of remission as the only possibility. But this book is not about remission. It is about ... > read more
