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When taken at the first signs of a migraine, before headache pain begins, a drug called ubrogepant may be effective in helping people with migraine go about their daily lives with little or no symptoms, according to a new study. The...Wednesday, August 21, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
Contrary to previous research, a new study of female participants finds no link between migraine and the risk of developing Parkinson's disease.Wednesday, July 31, 2024 from Headache Research News -- ScienceDaily
Having high blood pressure, specifically high diastolic blood pressure, was linked to a slightly higher odds of ever having migraine in female participants, according to a new study. Diastolic pressure is when the heart is resting...Thursday, July 4, 2024 from Headache Research News -- ScienceDaily
New research details the connection between the neurological symptoms associated with aura and the migraine that follows. The study also identifies new proteins that could be responsible for headaches and may serve as foundation for new...Wednesday, June 26, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
A drug used to prevent migraine may also be effective in people with migraine who experience rebound headaches, according to a new study.Wednesday, April 24, 2024 from Headache Research News -- ScienceDaily
People who take acid-reducing drugs may have a higher risk of migraine and other severe headache than people who do not take these medications, according to a new study. The acid-reducing drugs include proton pump inhibitors such as...A third of women experience migraines associated with menstruation, most commonly when premenopausal
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A third of the nearly 20 million women who participated in a national health survey reports migraines during menstruation, and of them, 11.8 million, or 52.5%, were premenopausal.Wednesday, March 13, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
Space travel and zero gravity can take a toll on the body. A new study has found that astronauts with no prior history of headaches may experience migraine and tension-type headaches during long-haul space flight, which includes more...Wednesday, March 13, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
A new study has identified a link between poor sleep and migraine attacks that suggests improving sleep health may diminish migraine attacks in people with migraine.Thursday, March 7, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
People who have headaches after experiencing concussions may also be more likely to have higher levels of iron in areas of the brain, which is a sign of injury to brain cells, according to a preliminary study released today, March 5,...Monday, February 26, 2024 from Headache and Migraine News Blog
If you want to get the inside track on what’s coming up at the Migraine World Summit – and even ask your questions – be sure to attend the Pre-Summit Live Webinar! Here’s what’s coming at this event, which...Tuesday, February 20, 2024 from Headache and Migraine News Blog
Migraine is often associated with trouble sleeping. This means that a sleep disorder could be making your migraine worse, or your migraine may be contributing to your lack of sleep. One of the comorbid conditions, a condition that tends...Monday, February 12, 2024 from Headache and Migraine News Blog
Cryoneurolysis is a treatment that has been used for chronic pain, but what about headache? You may have already guessed from the prefix “cryo” that this has something to do with cold, and you’re right. In this case,...Thursday, February 8, 2024 from Headache and Migraine News Blog
Are older drivers with migraine more likely to have a car accident? If so, why? A recent study at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, sponsored by AAA, asked this question. Perhaps most interesting were the things that...Saturday, February 3, 2024 from Headache and Migraine News Blog
A recent study published in Neurology took a look at how stigma may affect migraine disabilty. I put “stigma” in quotations in the title, not because it’s not real, but because sometimes it’s defined in different...Wednesday, January 24, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
Migraine is often underdiagnosed and untreated, and even when it is treated, it can be difficult to treat early enough as well as find strategies to prevent attacks. A new study looks at ways to more accurately predict when a migraine...Monday, January 22, 2024 from Headache and Migraine News Blog
Our friends at The Migraine World Summit have already announced the topics that they’re going to be covering (March 6-13) – topics based on questions that were sent in by migraine patients around the world. Today’s Tip...Wednesday, January 17, 2024 from Headache Research News -- ScienceDaily
Migraine can impact many aspects of a person's life, but less is known about how feelings of stigma about the disease affect quality of life. For people with migraine, these feelings of stigma were linked to more disability, increased...Tuesday, January 9, 2024 from Headache and Migraine News Blog
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A new study finds that older adult drivers who are recently diagnosed with migraines are three times as likely to experience a motor vehicle crash. Older adult drivers who reported having ever had migraines in the past were no more...Saturday, December 30, 2023 from Headache and Migraine News Blog
Thank you so much for joining me throughout 2023! I haven’t been able to post as much as I have in past years, but I’m still here.Friday, December 8, 2023 from Headache and Migraine News Blog
Have we finally explained the “red wine headache”? Well, not exactly. However, a new study has been making the news rounds that introduces a new piece to the puzzle. The study, published in Scientific Reports, sought to...Wednesday, November 29, 2023 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
For many people with migraine, it can be difficult to find a treatment that is effective and reliable, and information on how medications compare to one another is lacking. A new study draws data from nearly 300,000 people using a...Wednesday, November 29, 2023 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
Researchers have identified objective evidence of how the neck muscles are involved in primary headaches, according to a new study.Friday, November 17, 2023 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
A new study sheds light on what works best to prevent migraine attacks, and surprisingly, cheaper medicines worked as well as the expensive ones.Wednesday, October 25, 2023 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
People who have experienced traumatic events in childhood such as abuse, neglect or household dysfunction may be more likely to experience headache disorders as adults, according to a meta-analysis. This research does not prove that such...Wednesday, June 21, 2023 from Headache Research News -- ScienceDaily
A study has shown that prazosin, a drug used to treat high blood pressure, can prevent post-traumatic headaches.Thursday, March 30, 2023 from Headache Research News -- ScienceDaily
Both cluster headache and migraine have strong links to the circadian system, the internal clock that regulates body processes, according to a meta-analysis.Wednesday, February 22, 2023 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
As estrogen levels fluctuate, a new study has found for female participants with migraine, their levels of the protein calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) that plays a key role in starting the migraine process also fluctuate.Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from Headache Research News -- ScienceDaily
Women are disproportionately affected by migraine, especially during their reproductive years. However, the relationship between migraine and adverse pregnancy outcomes has not been well understood. A new study analyzed data from...Wednesday, December 21, 2022 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
While cluster headache is more common in men than in women, a new study suggests that the disorder may be more severe for women.Wednesday, December 14, 2022 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
People with cluster headaches may be more than three times more likely to have other medical conditions such as heart disease, mental disorders and other neurologic diseases, according to a new study.Wednesday, November 16, 2022 from Headache Research News -- ScienceDaily
People with neurologic diseases like headache, dementia, multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson's disease may experience worsening symptoms due to climate change, according to a scoping review of research. The review also found that...Monday, April 11, 2022 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
A new review of the evidence suggests 52 percent of the global population are affected by a headache disorder every year, with 14 percent reporting migraines.Monday, March 28, 2022 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
By mapping the cell types and genes expressed in the human and mouse trigeminal ganglion, researchers have created an online resource for studying the molecular basis of headache and facial pain.Friday, February 25, 2022 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
Women with migraine may have a higher risk of pregnancy complications like preterm delivery, gestational high blood pressure and preeclampsia, according to a preliminary study. Researchers also found that women with migraine with aura...Wednesday, February 9, 2022 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
A new study shows that people with migraine or frequent tension headaches have a reduced work ability in particularly three areas. The researchers hope that the new knowledge may help workplaces become better at accommodating those...Thursday, February 3, 2022 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
Scientists identified more than 120 regions of the genome that are connected to risk of migraine. The groundbreaking study helps researchers better understand the biological basis of migraine and its subtypes and could speed up the...Thursday, February 3, 2022 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
An international team of researchers has discovered that Schwann cells -- which are abundant in the peripheral nervous system and create a protective sheath around nerve fibers -- play an essential role in migraine pain. Their study...Wednesday, December 8, 2021 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
Debilitating cluster headaches commonly begin in childhood, but patients are not typically diagnosed until they are adults, according to new research.Tuesday, October 12, 2021 from Headache Research News -- ScienceDaily
Migraines are a pain in the head and in the hip pocket, but newly discovered genetic causes could lead the way to new preventative drugs and therapies.Friday, July 23, 2021 from ScienceDaily: Headache News
When experiencing the ups and downs of a virtual roller coaster ride, people who get migraine headaches reported more dizziness and motion sickness than people who do not get migraines, according to a new study.Consuming a diet with more fish fats, less vegetable oils can reduce migraine headaches, study finds
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A diet higher in fatty fish helped frequent migraine sufferers reduce their monthly number of headaches and intensity of pain compared to participants on a diet higher in vegetable-based fats and oils, according to a new study.Tuesday, May 18, 2021 from Headache Research News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers used a technique in genetic analysis termed Mendelian randomization to examine 12 coagulation measures, uncovering four that are associated with migraine susceptibility.