Physicians’ perceptions of educational articles were not influenced by financial conflict of interest (COI) statements, according to a study published in BMJ Open. This randomized, controlled trial was designed to investigate how COI statements affect perceptions of educational articles in a random sample of physicians in the United Kingdom (N=749). Four permutations of 2 clinical…
Researchers found that visual stimulus in the high frequency range caused abnormal neurological responses in women who had migraines.
Through the use of MRIs, by T2 mapping, myofascial trigger points are identified and quantified, which the researchers believe show targets for interventions.
Investigators found that bilateral surgery showed the greatest improvement with more migraine-free days postsurgery.
Researchers studied women who had migraines compared with healthy controls (using MRI images at the lobar level) finding no correlation between cortical thickness and migraines.
Investigators found that erenumab, fremanezumab, and galcanezumab are most effective for patients with chronic migraine because they reduce treatment time and are safe.
Researchers, using a combination of smartphone applications and web-based surveys, found that participants from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland reported migraines as being prevalent on Saturdays.
Patients with low back pain or osteoarthritis who reported adverse drug reactions to NSAIDs have significantly higher odds of receiving prescriptions for opioids and developing opioid use disorder.
Researchers reported full results of the 5-year GAS trial, the first randomized controlled trial to assess the effects of general anesthesia in infancy on neurodevelopmental outcomes.
Researchers believe that the International Headache criteria 3 should be used as a tool in the emergency department to ascertain whether the patient has a primary or nonprimary headache.
