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1 Before Popping Pills, Cure Your Headache With These Yoga Poses
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2 Ease Tension With These Headache Remedies For Your Desk
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3 A Reader Answers: Can Exercise Help With Migraines?
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5 The Unintended Side Effects of Movies in 3D
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6 Surprising Headache Triggers
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7 Being Overweight is More of a Headache Than You Think
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8 Migraines Decrease Breast Cancer Risk
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9 Got Headaches? Could Be the Weather
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10 Got a Headache? Try a Natural Remedy
FitSugar reader JessicaSmithTV wanted to know: can exercise help with migraines? She asked an expert and posted the answer in our Fit Community. Today's post comes to us from special guest contributor and medical expert Paul Rizzoli, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School: When you’re prone to migraines you’re forced to think through whether or not something you do Read more
When tension headaches creep up, you can forget about having a productive day. Often due to tight, contracted muscles in your shoulders, neck, scalp, and jaw, tension headaches result from stress, depression, or anxiety. Getting enough sleep, eating balanced meals, and maintaining a Zen state will help reduce your likelihood of headaches. It's unlikely that you're boss will let you take five in a Read more
I don't get headaches often, but when I do, I'm not a fan of popping pills. I do these simple yoga poses instead, which really helps put an end to the pain. Headaches can be caused by a variety of reasons like tension in your neck, tight shoulders, or back pain. These yoga poses are designed to gently stretch and open those areas, while circulating blood to your head. You can do one pose, a few, Read more
When I asked my doctor about ways to prevent migraines, she recommended I take a magnesium (oxide) supplement. I headed to my closest drugstore and picked up a bottle of Nature's Bounty Magnesium supplement (500 mg), and I've been taking one pill every morning for the last few weeks. Even though it's been less than a month, since taking the mineral supplement I've been headache and migraine Read more
The 3D trend may be great for the movie and television industries, but it's literally making some moviegoers sick. In five percent of the population, moves in 3D can actually induce motion sickness. The cause lies in your eyes; 3D movies impose two slightly different images on top of one another, creating depth perception. Both of your eyes have to work together to create the proper Read more
If you've got a headache, the easiest thing to do is reach for a bottle of ibuprofen or aspirin and pop a few pills. But over-the-counter cures aren't always the best option; you shouldn't take ibuprofen while drinking, for instance, or maybe you're worried about interactions with other drugs. Thankfully, there are plenty of natural remedies for headaches. Some of these are tried and true, while Read more
I've always wondered if weather-induced headaches are an old wives' tale, and I'm not the only one. A group of medical researchers in Boston recently conducted a study of 7,000 emergency-room patients to see if weather really could cause migraines. Turns out, it can, but differently than you might think. According to NPR, a study published in the new issue of Neurology found that spikes in Read more
Migraine sufferers take note! In an odd twist of hormone level functions, it looks like your pain might be protecting you. A new study discovered that women who have a history of migraines also have a 30 percent lower risk for developing breast cancer. Cancer researchers know that high levels of estrogen in the blood can increase a woman's risk for breast cancer. The thing about women who suffer Read more
Pain pounding at your temples can stop you in your tracks, make you grouchy and interfere with keeping up with your healthy lifestyle. To avoid headaches you need to avoid some common but unexpected triggers. WebMD has compiled a list a five surprising headache causes and here are highlights: Perfume: Strong odors may activate the nose’s nerve cells, which stimulate the nerve system Read more
Getting a headache could be more related to your weight than you may have thought. Recent studies from the New England Center for Headache in Stamford, Connecticut have found that being overweight may be contributing to getting headaches. It also claimed that overweight adults are twice more likely to suffer from headaches than non-overweight adults. Why? Headaches are triggered by constricted Read more
