Can an Occipital Nerve Block Be the Migraine ‘Timeout’ You Need? One of the frustrating realities of migraine disease is that you can do “all the right things” and still wind up with an attack that ...

People hospitalized for a debilitating migraine should receive targeted nerve blocks rather than IV opioids to quell their pain, a major update of treatment guidelines suggests. Doctors should use a ...

A new study by Phoenix's Barrow Neurological Institute and the University of Calgary has found which injectable treatments showed the most benefit for migraine patients and should be routinely offered ...

ByAllen SM, Mookadam F, Cha SS, Freeman JA, Starling AJ, Mookadam M. Greater occipital nerve block for acute treatment of migraine headache: a large retrospective cohort study. J Am Board Fam Med.

Chronic migraine: more than just a headache Chronic migraine isn’t simply having a lot of headaches. It’s a genuine ...

Part of learning tolerance and sometimes even acceptance of our relationship with migraine is coming to realize that living with it requires a lot of work for our medical professionals, but, even more ...

The Basics Migraines aren’t just bad headaches; they’re complex neurological events that impact millions of people worldwide. Affecting about 12% of the global population, migraines can be ...

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a noninvasive treatment that can help migraine. It may also be safe and effective for treatment-resistant depression and OCD, but the FDA hasn’t yet approved it for ...

Share on Pinterest Experts say there may be a link between migraine headaches and nerve compression in other parts of the body. Anna Berkut/Stocksy Researchers investigated how common migraine ...