Headache Perspective

• Acute Migraine Therapy During Pregnancy: A Primer Dr Anna Pace discusses options for treating migraines in pregnancy.
  American Headache Society and Medscape, February 2019
• Contraception for Women With Chronic Medical Conditions   A new practice bulletin from ACOG guides individualized decision-making about contraception for women with chronic medical conditions.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, February 2019
• Can a Rebreathing Device Treat Migraine With Aura?   Treating migraine with aura using a rebreathing device: Dr Alan Jacobs discusses results from a recent pilot study.
  Medscape Neurology, February 2019
• Top Reasons for Primary Care Visits A systematic review uncovers the differences in perspectives among patients and clinicians about the reasons for primary care visits.
  Medscape, February 2019
• Update: Common Shingrix Reactions--Which Can Be Prevented?   If administered incorrectly, Shingrix can produce some painful local reactions. Make sure your staff knows the differences between the two herpes zoster vaccines.
  CDC Expert Commentary, February 2019
• Four Neurology Studies to Know   New data and recommendations in neurology: Dr Christoph Diener discusses results from randomized studies and guidelines for practice.
  Medscape Neurology, January 2019
• Acromegaly: Are You Missing the Signs? For patients with acromegaly, 10 years or more may pass from symptom onset before a correct diagnosis is made, by which time complications may already exist. Could you be missing the signs?
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, January 2019
• 5 Persisting Myths About Flu and the Flu Vaccine Experts dispel persistent myths about the flu and flu vaccines in the hopes that more people will seek vaccination and keep themselves and others well during the full flu season.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, January 2019
• Type 2 Diabetes Risk May Be Lower in Women With Migraine Dr Laurie Barclay on the future implications of this analysis of data from a large French prospective population-based study.
  Medscape Neurology, January 2019
• Should You Order Neuroimaging for Migraine? Dr Randolph W. Evans discusses the complexities of deciding whether or not to image in patients presenting with possible migraine.
  American Headache Society and Medscape, January 2019
• Neuromodulation Devices in Migraine: The Latest Dr Jessica Ailani provides an update on neuromodulation devices for the acute and preventive treatment of migraines.
  American Headache Society and Medscape, January 2019
• Errors in Diagnosing Optic Neuritis--How Can We Fix Them? A new study sheds light on the alarmingly high rate of misdiagnosis--and misallocated treatments--in this acute condition.
  Medscape Optometry, January 2019
• Diplopia and Upper Eyelid Ptosis in a 74-Year-Old Man A 74-year-old man presents with variable diplopia and ptosis of the left upper eyelid. What is the most likely diagnosis?
  Medscape Ophthalmology, January 2019
• The Year in Neurology 2018   New studies in 2018: Dr Hans-Christoph Diener discusses recent results from studies across neurology that have led to practice changes.
  Medscape Neurology, December 2018
• Ovarian Dermoids and Autoimmune Encephalitis   A woman with rapidly worsening neuropsychiatric symptoms? Keep ovarian dermoid tumor on your radar.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, December 2018
• More Fluoroquinolone Safety Concerns How do the most recently identified safety issues affect fluoroquinolones' place in therapy?
  Medscape Pharmacists, December 2018
• Anti-CGRP Monoclonal Antibodies for Migraine Prevention Dr Deborah Friedman reviews the new anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies for migraine prevention.
  American Headache Society and Medscape, December 2018
• 10 Little Known Uses for Common, Everyday Drugs Drugs you probably prescribe at least weekly have some benefits that are little known.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, December 2018
• When the Government Promotes Marijuana Use Should the government encourage the use of marijuana for patients with pain disorders?
  Medscape Family Medicine, November 2018
• First-Ever Pediatric Concussion Guidelines: Real-Life Cases Are you up on the new guidelines for evaluating kids with possible mild traumatic brain injury? These cases illustrate key points to be aware of, wherever you encounter these children.
  CDC Expert Commentary, November 2018