Following evidence that acupuncture is clinically feasible and cost-effective in the treatment of headache, the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends acupuncture as prophylactic treatment for migraine and tension headache. There has thus been expectation that other forms of headache should benefit also. Unfortunately, acupuncture has not generally been successful for c...

This article is a mini-narrative review covering practical aspects of when to request an imaging evaluation headache patient. The vast majority patients who seek help in medical office receive as diagnostic hypothesis one the primary headaches, such migraine, tension-type headache, or cluster headache. arrive with at neurologist's are migraineurs; individuals suffer from headaches rarely help. ...

Migraine and tension type headache are the most common disabling primary headache disorders. Epidemiological studies have documented their high prevalence and high socioeconomic and personal impacts. According to recent data, migraine ranks as the third most prevalent disorder and seventh-highest specific cause of disability worldwide. Tension-type headache has lifetime prevalence in the genera...

D a t a s o u r c e s Studies were identified by searching MEDLINE, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, the Cochrane Library, and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts using combinations of the terms candesartan, eprosartan, losartan, irbesartan, tasosartan, telmisartan, and valsartan and the terms headache, headache disorders, cluster headaches, tension headaches, and migraine; scanning reference lists o...

Studies have shown fluctuations of cytokine levels in patients with migraine headaches; however, further studies are needed to verify these results. Our previous studies suggest increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-1alpha, sTNF-RI and TNF-alpha, in children with migraine headaches. In this study, we analyzed anti-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-4 (IL-4), interleukin-10 ...