Headaches are common in children and adolescents, and are the most common pain complaint when seeking medical advice. Primary headaches are one of the most common disorders of childhood, with migraine and tension type headache being the most prominent. Treatment strategies for primary headaches vary according to patient’s age, family structure, culture and beliefs, headache diagnosis, and accor...

BACKGROUND Allergic rhinitis is the most common diseases affecting people in industrialized society. However, this is not a new disease and it was clinically described and treated for the first time by Rhazes (865-925 CE). The disease was also mentioned in "The Canon of Medicine" by Avicenna (980-1037). METHODS We searched in Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed for "allergic rhinitis", "intera...

Interest in the treatment of nightmares has greatly increased over the last several years as research has demonstrated the clinical significance of nightmare disorder. This paper provides an overview of nightmare disorder, its clinical relevance, and the leading treatments that are available. In particular, the paper defines nightmare disorder and then summarize the recent literature examining ...

In a recent issue of Age and Ageing, Fan et al. report negative results in a randomised controlled trial on the use of sleeping in the head-up position (SHU) in the treatment of orthostatic hypotension (OH) [1]. We ask if this treatment or other non-pharmacological therapies should be recommended for use in elderly patients? Postural or Orthostatic Hypotension is a common clinical problem affec...

Background: In the entire world, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are primarily brought on by hypertension, or elevated blood pressure. From 4.5% (0.9 billion adults) in 2000 to 7% (1.6 2010, prevalence of hypertension has increased relation global burden diseases. Comprehensive management including non-pharmacological and pharmacological strategies hypertension. Healthy lifestyle choices can lowe...