Uncategorized - May 26, 2015
Too Many Painkillers Can Make Headaches Worse
A recent study has demonstrated that people with chronic headaches who take too many painkillers only make their pain worse, and that can lead to depression and anxiety. “This is really important,” says associate professor and lead author Lars Bendtsen of the Department of Clinical Medicine at Copenhagen University and the Danish Headache Centre at […]
Uncategorized - February 13, 2015
Nerve Pressure at Root of Painful Affliction
About half of patients suffering from one of the most painful disorders ever identified — trigeminal neuralgia– have blood vessels in the brain that apply severe pressure to the main sensory nerve of the face, according to a recent Danish study. Using certain scanning technology, doctors soon may be able to assess whether blood vessel […]
