Emerging findings suggest that cervical noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation using the gammaCore device may represent an option with efficacy comparable to that of surgically implanted cervical vagus nerve stimulation, with a lower risk for side effects.
Biofeedback may effectively improve headache and urinary incontinence related to prostatectomy.
Women with migraine are more likely to present with worse performance of the cervical muscles, both in force production and muscle activity, compared with women without migraine.
Researchers analyzed the efficacy of interdisciplinary multimodal integrated care in patients with chronic migraine and/or tension-type headache.
A particular challenge in this population is the effective management of migraine during pregnancy and lactation while minimizing the risk for harm to the fetus.
Evidence-based therapies are available for the acute symptomatic treatment of migraine in children and adolescents, but evidence is lacking for the impact of many treatments for migraine prevention.
Less pronounced clinical and radiologic features in asymptomatic idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) may serve as early indicators for symptomatic IIH in children.
Researchers pooled data from 2 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials and found that noninvasive VNS is effective in aborting attacks in episodic cluster headache.
Common and rare neurologic manifestations associated with fibromuscular dysplasia include migraine-type headaches, tinnitus, ischemic stroke, and transient ischemic attack.
For appropriately selected patients, functional nasal surgery is viable for improving headache symptoms.
