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Helen Kearney doing a test

The medical evidence around diet and migraine suggests that consistency in eating patterns (small, frequent meals) is the most important factor, rather than eliminating individual foods. Even so, some people with migraine are able to find individual foods that could be triggering migraine attacks. Chocolate is consistently thought to be a Read more…

I saw this article recently which talked about neck pain and migraine in relatively simple terms. I thought it highlighted the differences between 1) neck pain associated with migraine and 2) neck pain which precipitated by a migraine. It has a good section on treatment of cervicogenic migraine https://migraineagain.com/understanding-cervicogenic-headache/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=Weekly_Newsletter&utm_content=2020-05-24 Please Read more…

The covid-19 pandemic has changed all our lives. I am still seeing patients during this time but in a different way. When a person contacts me about an appointment, I send them a questionnaire by email or post. It is quite a lengthy questionnaire. However, I find if people fill Read more…

I have a keen interest in research. There are new medications for migraine called CGRPs’ but to date they are nor available in Ireland except through limited access programes in hospitals