If you're the type of person that enjoys indulging in the occasional frozen treat -- then it's likely you've experienced "brain freeze" -- that sharp pain in your temples that comes on instantaneously when something cold hits the inside of your mouth. And I know we've said a little sugar can be good for warding off some types of headaches -- if that sugar is in the form of a triple gelato scoop - beware! For decades, researchers were clueless about why brain freeze occurs. Recently, several  studies have shown that people who get migraines are also more likely to get brain freeze.

Because it can be hard to study the standard kind of headache in a laboratory environment, scientists are now looking at using brain freeze as a model. Brain freeze can be a useful model because while a headache may come on unpredictably, brain freeze can be induced on the spot. That means you can control when it comes on and off. In a recent study, 13 volunteers were asked to sip ice water through a straw until it brought on brain freeze.  When the subject signaled the researcher that the brain freeze was brought on, the scientists used imaging techniques to measure the patterns of blood flow in the vessels surrounding their brains. What the study aimed to map is whether the same patterns of blood flow that cause the pain in brain freeze cause the pain in migraines. But further studies are needed to really make the link.

Are you a migraine sufferer that regularly experiences brain freeze? If so, tell us about it.

Results from the 2012 United States Cluster Headache Survey revealed that alcohol remains the main trigger for cluster headaches. More than half of all survey participants stated that alcohol was their main headache trigger. In some European countries the rates of alcohol induced headache are much greater (Sweden 79%, UK 63%) or approximately the same (Germany 54%).

The main source of alcohol for US respondents was beer (57%) followed by red wine and hard liquor (about 50%). Most survey respondents reported that they stopped drinking at the onset of a cluster headache. Interestingly, the data also supported a well-known fact that beer is the number one consumed alcoholic beverage in the United States. Hence, the question is still out as to whether these numbers would look different in other countries - where other alcoholic beverages reign...

Tell us about your experience with alcohol and headaches.

Easter season brings lots of things to our household. It brings the excitement of having to whip out the rolodex of sitters, playdates and long lost relatives to try to entertain our 6 year old who's on Spring break (note to self: don't wait until the week before a school holiday to price Disney World tickets). It brings inches to my waistline as I can't resist those Peeps placed strategically at every supermarket checkout line and drug store counter. It also brings the Easter Bunny -- what could be wrong about that?

Step away from the chocolate bunny ears.

So while staving off hypoglycemia-induced headaches by popping a chocolate egg here and there seems like a noble cause, "binging" on the many sugary chocolate temptations around us can be a serious migraine trigger.

Are chocolate Easter candies staring you in the face? How will you cope this holiday season?

I must admit these past few days of warm weather have been pretty delightful. But seasonal weather changes can also signal that a sinus "nightmare" is waiting to erupt. And the headaches that come with sinusitis are amongst the most painful of any headache I've had to bear. While over the counter remedies can provide some relief, many of us have sought out a physician's care, and a prescription pad.

Sinusitis is often referred to as a sinus infection. If any infection is bacterial -- antibiotics are usually the way to go. But it's often hard for a doctor to quickly determine if your sinus pain is from a bacterial infection, a viral infection or something else (like a migraine). A recent study from the Infectious Disease Society of America shows that while sinus infections are the 5th leading reason for physicians to prescribe antibiotics, they are probably ineffective in most cases because it appears most sinus infections are actually viral in nature. In fact, when antibiotics are overprescribed -- they can actually lead to antibiotic resistance, which means you can develop "superbugs" -- microbes that are so strong they won't respond to antibiotics.

The authors propose guidelines for treating pain related to sinus infection that include irrigating the nose with saline and taking acetaminophen for the pain -- but laying off antibiotics...

Do you suffer from seasonal sinusitis and sinus headaches? How do you cope with the pain? What do you do for treatments? We want to know...