Americans spend 30 billion dollars a year on prescription and over-the-counter medications as remedies for headaches. These medications are ineffective at best; many of them are even harmful and can cause even more health problems. Also, people often develop a tolerance to pain medications, so they are continually increasing their dosage. Eventually these medications actually […]

Headaches in children are a common problem. Just like adults, kids can have tension headaches, migraines, and sinus headaches. About 10% of children suffer from migraines, although most of these kids will outgrow them. It is estimated that around fifty percent of child migraineurs stop having the headaches once they reach puberty, and another twenty-five […]

Everyone has heard of migraine headaches, but not many people are familiar with a type of migraine that is preceded by a condition called “aura” (also known as vision headaches). The aura phase consists of visual distortions that usually plague the migraineur just before the actual vision headache. During aura, a person may see flashing […]

Did you know that more than 300 million people worldwide suffer from migraines? Of these people, it is estimated that around 80% suffer from headaches and nausea, or headaches and dizziness. My husband is one of these people. For him, the nausea and dizziness are more debilitating than the pain itself. In fact, sometimes he […]