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QUESTION: For the past two years I have been getting severe pain in my head when experiencing orgasm. What causes this? ANSWER: You could be suffering from coital cephalgia -- headaches that come on during sex. There are three different types: The first come on when you start having sex and get worse as you approach orgasm. Tension in the neck and head muscles is to blame. The second type Read more...

How you treat your headache depends on where the pain is coming from. Tension How it feels: A steady ache, pressure or tightness in a band around the head or neck. Pain on both sides. Who gets it: Roughly 78 percent of adults have a tension-type headache at some point. Most headaches are tension-type. Causes: Tense muscles in the shoulders, neck, scalp and jaw; anxiety or Read more...

Everyone knows a sinus infection or a major work project can make your head throb. But headaches can also be triggered by seemingly innocuous everyday activities -- like sleeping in on Saturdays or cleaning your apartment. With so many culprits, it's no wonder that one in five women suffer from migraines and nearly half of women endure tension headaches. But if you think popping a pill is Read more...

When Red Hallman's head hurt, he couldn't run his business or go about his other activities. "It just takes you out," he said during a visit to Carolina Rheumatology & Neurology in Myrtle Beach, S.C. "You can't function. You can't do anything." Hallman, the owner of Red's Cosmetic Hair Salon and Dental Spa, said each headache's severity drove him to a Read more...

A little girl is watching her parents dress for a party. When she sees her dad donning his tuxedo, she warns, "Daddy, you shouldn't wear that suit." "And why not, darling?" "You know that it always gives you a headache the next morning." - - - - - Read more...

The phenomenon of the weekend headache is on the increase, but medical experts say Friday night drinking binges may not be the only cause. New research indicates merely having a Saturday or Sunday "lie-in" also may be to blame. The research says that  unlike ordinary headaches, the weekend variety affects as many men as women. It found a third of migraine sufferers and a sixth of Read more...

Migraine has been described as "the worst kind of headache imaginable" and can even require a visit to the doctor to the unlucky people who suffer from them. But there are alternative means of easing the agony, health experts say. Writing in Britain's Here's Health magazine, the experts say taking up to 400 milligrams of vitamin B2 daily is one approach to lessen the duration and frequency of Read more...

The good news about stroke is that it's now more treatable than ever before. However, clot-dissolving agents -- most notably tPA -- are most likely to improve a patient's condition if administered within the first three hours -- and the sooner the better. Beyond three hours, treatment options become much more limited. So the best way to treat a stroke emergency is to recognize its early Read more...

By Michael O'Reilly ThirdAge Reproductive Expert What occurs in women around ages 40-50 and is associated with fatigue, vaginal dryness, headache, joint pain, and dry skin, mouth and eyes? If you guessed menopause, guess again. The answer is Sjogren's (pronounced "show-grins"). Sjogren's syndrome is an autoimmune disorder in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks Read more...