HEADACHE is so frequently the chief complaint of a tense and anxious adolescent that it is well from time to time to emphasize the many other factors both within and outside the central nervous system ...

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke defines occipital neuralgia as a rare neurological condition that involves shooting, shocking, throbbing, burning, or aching pain and ...

A few months ago I started getting headaches, and they were weird. If a bad hangover headache feels splitting, I’d describe these headaches as searing, as if someone had hit me over the head with a ...

March 9, 2007 — Two new studies provide support for the use of occipital-nerve stimulation as a treatment option for patients with intractable cluster headaches. In the first study, researchers at the ...

At an age when most people his age are figuring out what to do with their lives, 25-year-old Tyler Moore just wants a life without pain. After suffering from debilitating migraine headaches most of ...

A throbbing or thumping pain in your head is usually just a symptom of a headache that will resolve with time. In rare cases, it may be a sign of an underlying condition requiring medical treatment. A ...