Chronic Migraine Relief Starts in Childhood

As a parent, it breaks my heart to think of any child having to worry about things like being loved, fed properly and treated with respect. Unfortunately, the effects of childhood maltreatment can last a lifetime. This maltreatment can come in the form of nutritional abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse or emotional abuse.  While I […]

Migraines and Stroke Risk

IS YOUR MIGRAINE DANGEROUS? Other than the obvious brain tumor causing a headache (which is actually not common for some brain tumors like gliomas), the answer is YES.  First off, let’s clarify something.  Many, if not most, patients who come in telling me they have a migraine do not actually, have migraines.  Most are tension […]

Brain Damage in Epilepsy—Can it be Avoided?

I don’t need to go into how epilepsy is a condition not limited to the brain, because I have covered this many times in the past. This is also just one of the areas where migraines and seizures have similarities—migraines are also a brain condition that is not limited to the brain.  Both are an […]

Epilepsy – Not Just a Brain Disorder

I have gone as far as writing a book on Migraines and Epilepsy to show that epilepsy needs to be treated from a full-body approach. A treatment approach that just focuses on controlling the seizures is missing the real problem. Don’t get me wrong—controlling the seizures is the first goal. But it should never be […]