Morgellons disease to be studied in California
In October of 2006, I wrote a story about the unusual, if not completely bizarre, illness known as Morgellons disease. At the time I s...

Cell Phones and Sleep
A new study suggests that mobile phones interfere with sleep:By Geoffrey Lean, Environment EditorPublished: 20 January 2008Radiation fr...

Migraine: A Surprisingly Visible Invisible Illness
Writer Anne Lamott describes someone with a migraine as having a sort of death about the eyes. As with pretty much everything she wr...

Preteen PMS - What is a Parent To Do?
Recently I have had several conversations with parents who are just at their wits end with preteens who seem to be experiencing PMS sym...

Kerrie's 2007: A Year to Forget
There was a theme consistently underlying my 2007 posts: My migraines were BAD. The year started with five months of being woken up by ...

Is Reading a Migraine or Headache Trigger?
Reading has long been an escape from my migraines. I've been lucky because many people say their eyes are too sensitive (photophobia) ...

Can Light Bulbs Stimulate Migraine?
Have you started replacing your old incandescent lightbulbs with those expensive, energy-saving compact fluorescent lamps? They're supp...

Man with Bipolar uses YouTube to document ECT experiences
In the videos, the man, Dale Shankins, describes his illnesses and various treatments he has tried over the past eleven years to deal w...

Anxiety Among Food Allergic Children
We parents of children with food allergies know it - that the natural side-effect of having life-threatening food allergies is anxiet...