A clinical interview versus prospective headache diaries in the diagnosis of menstrual migraine without aura.

Objectives: The objective of this article is to compare the diagnosis of menstrual migraine without aura (MM) from a clinical interview with prospective headache diaries in a population-based study.

Material And Methods: A total of 237 women with self-reported migraine in at least half of menstruations were interviewed by a neurologist about headache and diagnosed according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders II (ICHD II). Additionally, the MM criteria were expanded to include other types of migraine related to menstruation.

Brief intervention for medication-overuse headache in primary care. The BIMOH study: a double-blind pragmatic cluster randomised parallel controlled trial.

Background: Medication-overuse headache (MOH) is common in the general population. We investigated effectiveness of brief intervention (BI) for achieving drug withdrawal in primary care patients with MOH.

Methods: The study was double-blind, pragmatic and cluster-randomised controlled.

Medication-overuse headache: epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment.

Medication-overuse headache (MOH) is one of the most common chronic headache disorders and a public health problem with a worldwide prevalence of 1-2%. It is a condition characterized by chronic headache and overuse of different headache medications, and withdrawal of the overused medication is recognised as the treatment of choice. However, the strategy for achieving withdrawal is, at present, based on expert opinion rather than scientific evidence, partly due to the lack of randomised controlled studies.

Medication-overuse headache: a review.

Medication-overuse headache (MOH) is a worldwide health problem with a prevalence of 1%-2%. It is a severe form of headache where the patients often have a long history of headache and of unsuccessful treatments. MOH is characterized by chronic headache and overuse of different headache medications.

Genetic diagnosis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in a population by next-generation sequencing.

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is the most prevalent inherited neuropathy. Today more than 40 CMT genes have been identified. Diagnosing heterogeneous diseases by conventional Sanger sequencing is time consuming and expensive.

Somatic and cognitive symptoms as indicators of potential endophenotypes in bipolar spectrum disorders: an exploratory and proof-of-concept study comparing bipolar II disorder with recurrent brief depression and healthy controls.

Background: We examined whether somatic symptoms reported by patients with bipolar spectrum disorder (BSD), in this study defined as bipolar II (BD-2) or recurrent brief depression with (RBD-H) or without (RBD-O) a history of hypomanic symptoms might point to the possible underlying disease markers (endophenotypes). We hypothesized that somatic symptoms that are possible indirect indicators of endophenotypes should be more prevalent among patients than among healthy controls; should not correlate with neuroticism; should not correlate with the severity of current mental status (e.g.

Headache in sleep apnea syndrome: epidemiology and pathophysiology.

This review investigates the relation between obstructive sleep apnea and sleep apnea headache, migraine and tension-type headache. Focus is made on studies from the general population with interviews conducted by a physician and obstructive sleep apnea confirmed by polysomnography. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is observed in 3% of the middle-aged population.

Can insomnia in pregnancy predict postpartum depression? A longitudinal, population-based study.

Background: Insomnia and depression are strongly interrelated. This study aimed to describe changes in sleep across childbirth, and to evaluate whether insomnia in pregnancy is a predictor of postpartum depression.

Methods: A longitudinal, population-based study was conducted among perinatal women giving birth at Akershus University Hospital, Norway.

The incidence of work-related asthma-like symptoms and dust exposure in Norwegian smelters.

Rationale: The prevalence of respiratory symptoms among employees in smelters is positively associated with dust exposure.

Objectives: To investigate the association between the incidence of work-related asthma-like symptoms (WASTH) and dust exposure.

Methods: All the employees were invited to participate in a 5-year longitudinal study.