Around 10 million women at high risk of breast cancer are eligible to take a drug called tamoxifen to prevent the cancer. Yet, very few women choose to take the drug for prevention.
Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center recently studied women at high risk of breast cancer who were eligible for the drug. They developed custom decision aids explaining the risks and benefits of tamoxifen for each woman in the study.

Despite the availability of information about tamoxifen, most women in the study elected not to take the cancer-preventing drug. Of the 632 women in the study, 80% …read more

While this isn’t a guaranteed cure and it’s certainly not for all types of headaches, researchers have found that if you have headaches caused by neck problems, disc replacements in the neck or disc fusions may rid you of your headaches.
A study of 1004 patients with cervical spine disease, published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) found that 86.4% of the patients complained of headaches, with over half saying the headaches were severe. Two years after surgery, 803 patients responded to questionnaires from the researchers. Of these 803 patients, 65.1% said they still had headaches. Broken down, …read more

Granted, most of us aren’t hurtling ourselves into outer space, but this is an interesting finding. Astronauts are subject to space headaches caused by their out-of-world exerpience.
According to findings of a study recently published in the journal Cephalalgia,

12 of the 17 astronauts (71 per cent) reported 21 headache episodes during the space missions – nine during launch, nine during the stay at the space station, one during activities outside the space station and two during landing. None of the astronauts had a history of recurrent headache on earth.
Five astronauts reported headaches during one of the time frames, six during …read more

Do you take a nap to relieve tension headaches?
If so, do you also experience insomnia when trying to fall asleep at night?
Researchers at Rush University Medical Center recently completed a study about the behavioral link between insomnia and tension-type headaches. It was published in the February 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
The study, which included 65 women, concluded that napping to cope with tension-type headaches could lead to chronic insomnia.
According to principal investigator and lead study author, Jason C. Ong, PhD,
“Insomnia is a common complaint among headache sufferers. While napping may relieve pain, it may also …read more