introduction: headache is the most common neurologic symptom among referees to the emergency department (ed), while the best treatment has not yet been found. therefore, in the present study pain relief effects of metoclopramide and acetaminophen were compared in patients suffered acute primary headache. methods: this study was a double-blind randomized clinical trial performed in imam khomeini...

background programs to improve the pain and health status in illnesses with pain such as headache are still in their infancy. mindfulness-based stress reduction (mbsr) is a new psychotherapy that appears to be effective in treating chronic pain. objectives this study evaluated efficacy of mbsr in improving pain severity and mindful awareness in patients with tension headache. conclusions mbsr c...

background: spinal anesthesia is usually applied for urologic surgeries. postdural puncture headache (pdph) is among common complications which has not been reduced during last years despite all advances in the field of medicine. therapeutic effects of conventional therapy (paracetamol and novaphen) are being compared to intravenous meperidine in patients suffering from pdph. methods: one hundr...

OBJECTIVES Recurrent headache co-occurs commonly with psychological distress, such as anxiety or depression. Potentially traumatic interpersonal events (PTIEs) could represent important precursors of psychological distress and recurrent headache in adolescents. Our objective was to assess the hypothesised association between exposure to PTIEs and recurrent migraine and tension-type headache (TT...

BACKGROUND More than 11 million people in the United States have moderate or severe migraine resulting in much suffering and millions of lost work days annually. Staying abreast of current advances in headache management is important for family physicians, who care for most headache patients. METHODS MEDLINE files were searched from 1982 to the present using the key words "headache," "migrain...