It’s that time of year. School is out, which means families from coast to coast will be packing their suitcases, loading up the rooftop carrier, and heading out for their summer vacation adventure. But danger lurks. Inside every gas station procured bag of Cheetos or drive-thru cheeseburger awaits a migraine ready to strike, ruining your […]
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Shrimp, leek and lime-stuffed cabbage dumplings
If you want to break out of the routine and try something a little different, this is the recipe for you. The lime broth really lightens up these stuffed cabbage dumplings, making it an ideal summer supper. I love tying up the dumplings like little packages hiding their surprise filling. Don’t be intimidated, you can […]
Interview on KCA AM-1050
Recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed by psychologist and author Michelle Skeen on her radio show on KCA AM-1050 in Southern California where we cover a range of topics related to the book. The audio from that interview, which I thought some of you might be interested in taking a listen to, is […]
Migraine and Stroke: What’s the Connection, and Should You Worry About It?
Somewhere, at some point, you may have heard there was some sort of link between migraine and stroke – more specifically, that having migraines meant you were at a heightened risk of a brain infarction. Most likely, you heard this from a major television or print media outlet that gave you a few cursory tidbits […]
How to Trigger a Migraine, Part One: The Classic View
In my 3 part series on the nature of migraines, we covered the ins and outs of just what migraines are. To sum up, they’re a bizarre, excruciating, and masochistic phenomenon in which the brain hijacks its own pain sensing circuitry. But how does all of it get started to begin with? As most of […]
What are Migraines, Part 3: The Great Mimic
So, to recap what was said in Migraine Basics, Part 1 and 2: Migraines happen in normal brains Migraines are the result of a malfunction in pain processing, or specifically pain processing in reverse Migraines are weird A classic, fully expressed migraine consists of four phases: prodrome, aura, pain, and postdrome To sum up, […]
Frequently Asked Questions about Migraine
Not too sure about what migraines are? Just started having them? Over the past decade of taking care of patients with migraine, I’ve found certain questions emerge time and again, particularly amongst folks who have just started having them for the first time. Some of these will crop up in our initial conversation, others will […]