Can children outgrow chronic daily headache?
July 15, 2009 Source: American Academy of Neurology Most children who suffer from chronic daily headache may outgrow the disabling condition, according to new research. For the study, scientists followed 122 children in middle school with chronic daily headache between the ages of 12 and 14 years old. The study found 60 percent of the children no longer had chronic daily headache after one year and 75 percent no longer had the symptoms after two years. After eight years, only 12 percent of the 103 children tested still experienced symptoms of chronic daily headache. Story Abrupt opioid withdrawal increases pain sensitivity July 13, 2009 Source: Austrian Science Fund FWF The abrupt withdrawal of morphine-like analgesics – opioids – can increase sensitivity to pain. Experiments have now shown that this effect is caused by a memory-like process, the long-term potentiation of synaptic strength in the spinal cord. Story Tennis elbow eases with eccentric-twist-of- wrist exercise July 13, 200
