| National Headache Awareness Week |
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June 3 - 9, 2001 |
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| June 3 - 9, 2001, has been declared National Headache Awareness Week by the National Headache Foundation. Join our Health Channel Guides as we explore headaches and migraines from various viewpoints. | ||
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| Headaches/Migraine: Teri Robert | |
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Headache
Awareness Benefits Everyone Though research into the cause of headache and migraine disorders and effective treatments has been making great progress, awareness of the facts and impact of these disorders lags sadly behind. There's much each of us can do to help. |
| Anesthesiology/Pain Management: Paul Ting, M.D. | |
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Trigeminal
Neuralgia From your Anesthesiology Guide. A common cause of headache and chronic pain, this disorder can be debilitating and devastating. Anesthesiologists are often called on to assist in treating these patients during initial evaluation, long term treatment in pain clinics or to give anesthesia for surgical intervention. |
| Anxiety/Panic Disorders: Cathleen Henning | |
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Anxiety
Disorders and Headaches: They Frequently Go Hand-in-Hand If you have an anxiety disorder and suffer from daily headaches, you're not alone. Researchers have found that the majority of people with chronic daily headaches, particularly women, have either anxiety or depressive disorders. |
| Autism: Floyd Tilton | |
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Isn't Autism Enough? Autistic children have other illnesses that affect their lives. Tonight I discovered something that was causing many behavioral problems in my son, and it wasn't Autism. |
| Bipolar Disorder: Marcia Purse & Kimberly Bailey | |
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Anticonvulsants Cause Birth Defects Some Mood Stabilizers Included in New Study A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in April, 2001, found that pregnant women taking anticonvulsant medications, used to treat epilepsy, bipolar disorder and migraines, run a substantially higher risk of having a child with birth defects. |
| Sleep Disorders: Florence Cardinal | |
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Headaches
and Sleep Apnea One cause of headaches is sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is also the most common cause of excessive daytime sleepiness, weight gain and impotency. |
| Stress Management: Melissa C. Stöppler, M.D. | |
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Ways
To Relax Structured programs and methods, ranging from martial arts to meditation or yoga, offer opportunities to develop your "relaxation skills". These programs are also used as adjuvant therapies for many medical conditions, including migraines and other types of headaches. Read this summary of relaxation methods to help find one that's right for you. |
| Yoga: Janiss Garza | |
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Standing
On Your Headache Do you suffer from occasional headaches? Or are they more than just "occasional"? A regular Yoga practice may offer you relief - relax that tension away! |
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