|
|
Headache
Alternate Names : Pain - Head
 See all Pictures & Images
Headache: Prevention
Good health habits can help lessen stress and reduce your likelihood of getting headaches. These include:
- Adequate sleep
- Eating a healthy diet
- Exercising regularly
- Stretching your neck and upper body, especially if your work involves typing or using a computer.
- Learning proper posture
- Quitting smoking
- Learning to relax using meditation, deep breathing, yoga or other valuable techniques
Today's Top News Stories | • | Clinical Trials Update: July 25, 2008 - Jul 25, 2008, 10:01
- Diabetes (Pediatric)
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Coronary Artery Disease
| • | Study Disproves Belief That Hepatitis C Blunts HIV Drugs - Jul 25, 2008, 12:00
Impaired immune response after anti-retroviral therapy may be due to genetic factors. | • | People With GERD More Likely to Develop Asthma - Jul 25, 2008, 09:00
Study finds fluid back-up in esophagus can cause immune system changes. | • | Weekends Tough on the Diet - Jul 25, 2008, 09:00
Saturday can be toughest for those trying to drop pounds, study finds. | • | Health Hazards in Household Cleaners Exposed - Jul 25, 2008, 12:00
Use of certain cleaning products reduces lung function, increases asthma risk, studies find.
|
|
Jump to another section
• Definition
• Headache: Common Causes
• Headache: Home Care & Treatment
• Headache: Prevention
• Call your Health Care Provider if
• What to Expect at your Health Care Provider's Office
• Pictures & Images
Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Aneurysm
• Classic Migraine
• Cluster Headaches
• Common Migraine
• Encephalitis
• Meningitis
• Primary Brain Tumor
• Reye's Syndrome
• Stroke
• Temporal Arteritis
• Tension Headache
• Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Tests & Exams
• Biopsy
• Cranial CT Scan
• CSF Collection
• MRI of the Head
• X-Ray
Other Topics
• Nasal Discharge
Review Date : 8/1/2003
Reviewed By : Jacqueline A. Hart, MD, Senior Medical Editor, A.D.A.M., Inc. Previously reviewed by Elaine T. Kiriakopoulos, M.D., M.Sc., Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network (11/14/2002).
|
|
