Objective. To investigate the effects of Chinese herbal therapy on chronic tension-type headache. Method. 132 patients with chronic tension-type headache were enrolled in the study. All patients filled in headache questionnaire at baseline phase and 4, 8, and 12 weeks after baseline. As an alternative therapeutic method, the patients were orally administrated Chinese herbal concoction for ten d...

Sinus infections are much less common today than they were in the preantibiotic era, but they still are overdiagnosed. Acute sinusitis, a relatively uncommon cause of headache, is the result of infection of one or more of the cranial sinuses. Acute sinusitis usually is characterized by purulent discharge in the nasal passages and a pain profile determined by the site of infection. Sinusitis is ...

Although the understanding of the pathophysiology and the pharmacology of migraine has exploded there are still many pitfalls that may occur in the clinical assessment and management of migraine. This may prevent the patient from receiving optimal treatment. A diagnosis of migraine may be missed in the presence of other headache types that occur more frequently than migraine. Also, migraine may...