Educating patients about headache and migraine issues
The following are a list of Health and Healing published articles concerning headaches and migraines, written by Dr. Charles Matthews.
Dr. Matthews is an expert in headache and migraine treatments, with over 25 years of of practice devoted to the study and care of headache patients.
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Not Too little and Not Too Much
Is finding the cause of headache basically a trial and error process? Who better to answer that question than Dr. Charles Matthews, the founder of the North Carolina Comprehensive Headache Clinic in Raleigh. The answer to the query, it turns out, is “yes and no.” >> read more >>
Seeking the Source of Headache
Is finding the cause of headache basically a trial and error process? Who better to answer that question than Dr. Charles Matthews, the founder of the North Carolina Comprehensive Headache Clinic in Raleigh. The answer to the query, it turns out, is “yes and no.” >> read more >>
Diabetes and Headache
Does diabetes trigger migraines or other headaches? In a simpler world, that question might evoke an uncomplicated “yes” or “no” response. But the human body and mind are masterpieces of complexity that puzzle the most talented among us. >> read more >>
Hormones and Headaches
Dr. Charles Matthews doesn’t hesitate for a second to say that, over the past several decades, his patients have been invaluable teachers. He is the founder and director of the North Carolina Comprehensive Headache Clinic. As it turns out, his patients have been especially instructive about bio-identical hormone replacement therapy, as he reveals in this conversation: >> read more >>
Diagnosing a Rare Form of Headache
This is a story about a patient I’ll call Vickie and a rare type of very severe headache called hemicrania continua. But mostly it’s about the lessons healers learn when seeking a healing path for their patient. After 30,000 outpatient visits as a director of the Headache Clinic, Vickie taught me something new about headache. >> read more >>