by Sue Robbins | Apr 16, 2020 | Migraine
Although older individuals with migraine have more cognitive complaints, migraine and non-migraine headache are not associated with increased risk of dementia or cognitive decline at an older age, according to a study published in The Journal of Headache and Pain. To...
by Sue Robbins | Nov 4, 2014 | Headache Drugs
To evaluate the association between migraine and cognitive decline among women, a total of 6,349 women aged 65 or older enrolled in the Women’s Health Study. The women provided information about migraine status at baseline and participated in cognitive testing...
by Sue Robbins | May 3, 2013 | Headache Drugs
Researchers from the University of Iowa report in PLOS ONE that a study of 681 healthy adults over the age of 50 who played a video game called “Road Tour” were better able to hold off declines in memory, planning and reasoning than a group who completed...
by Dr Robbins | Nov 29, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Researchers have found that patients with high blood pressure and other risk factors for stroke are more likely to develop reasoning and thinking difficulties. “This takes the disease to an even earlier point, that if you don’t change these factors or...
by Dr Robbins | Aug 15, 2012 | Headache Drugs
New research conducted at Brigham and Women’s Hospital concludes that migraines are not associated with cognitive decline. Researchers studied data from 6,349 women who supplied migraine history at the start of the study as well as follow-up data years later....
