A headache involves pain in the head which can arise from many disorders or may be a disorder itself. There are three types of primary headaches: tension-type (muscular contraction headache), migraine (vascular headaches), and cluster. Virtually...

A headache, a pain in the head or tissues surrounding the upper neck, has varied causes and consequences. The consequences range from uncomfortable to debilitating. Some of the latter can be a symptom of life-threatening abnormality or an illness....

The brain itself is insensitive. The only possible sources of PAIN within the skull are blood vessels, the DURA MATER (see MENINGES), and some of the CRANIAL NERVES. Yet headache is one the most frequent complaints confronting the family medical...

A crown is no cure for the headache. (Italian) When the head aches, all the members suffer with it. (Roman) When the head hurts, the rest of the body aches....

A headache (cephalalgia in medical terminology) is a condition of pain in the head; sometimes neck or upper back pain may also be interpreted as a headache. It ranks amongst the most common local pain complaints. The vast majority of headaches are...

I have a headache, and I can't say why. I used to think hot weather was the cause, but lately I've noticed that when it gets hot I just don't drink as much coffee. So maybe it's caffeine withdrawal that makes my head...

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The effects are all too familiar: a fancy dinner, some fine wine and then, a few hours later, a racing heart and a pounding headache. But a device developed by University of California, Berkeley, researchers could help avoid the dreaded "red wine headache."Chemists working with...

No one is happier about Alan Schlesinger, the hapless Republican candidate in the three-way race for Joe Lieberman's seat in Connecticut, than Joe Lieberman. The incumbent senator, after all, is counting on the support of Republicans as well as independents and moderate Democrats to beat...