Archive for the ‘Facts & Figures’ Category

Impairment from cluster headache

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Jürgens (2010) Impairment in episodic and chronic cluster headache Whenever I read in the paper that “such-and-so costs society $100 gazillion dollars a year”, I am always slightly suspicious. I never know where such figures come from, but I do know that whoever’s quoting them wants you to think that whatever-it-is is a problem. So…Read More…

How Does it Hurt?

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

MJ Marmura, M Abbas, & A Ashkenazi (2009) “Dynamic mechanical (brush) allodynia in cluster headache–a prevalence study in a tertiary headache clinic”. J Headache Pain 10:255-258. (click author to see paper) AUTHORS’ ABSTRACT: Cutaneous allodynia (CA) has been described in migraine and has been related to treatment failure. There are little data about the incidence…Read More…

Which Side is Your Headache?

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

EL Meyer, K Laurell, V Artto, L Bendtsen, M Linde, M Kallela, E Tronvik, JA Zwart, RM Jensen & K Hagen (2009) “Lateralization in cluster headache–a Nordic multicenter study”. J Headache Pain 10: 259-263 (click author to see paper) AUTHORS’ ABSTRACT: A slight predominance of cluster pain on the right side has been reported in…Read More…

Nobody Likes What We Have to Offer

Monday, September 21st, 2009

M Partridge (2009) “Underutilization of Recognized Treatments for Cluster Headache”. Consultant Live,September 15th (click author to see paper) Dr. Sewell’s comment: This is not really a scientific paper, but rather a summary of two talks given by Dr. Todd Rozen at the International Headache Congress in Philadelphia this last weekend. Dr. Rozen is a noted…Read More…