People assigned female at birth (AFAB) and those who take estrogen are at a higher risk of migraine than those assigned male at birth. People who are AFAB or take estrogen often also have more severe ...

Many doctors and people who experience migraines dislike the phrase “migraine cocktail.” According to a 2022 survey of 1,000 members of the American Migraine Foundation community, 9.87% said they ...

While the exact cause of migraine is unknown, it’s thought to be caused by a combination of factors, including genetics. Migraine is a chronic neurological disorder that causes intense, throbbing ...

Vaporized cannabis flower was a more effective treatment for migraine than a placebo, according to the results of a recent study. The use of vaporized medical cannabis provided more effective relief ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

The anti-seizure medication zonisamide significantly reduced the number of headache days per month in children with migraine, preliminary results of a retrospective study suggested. The data showed ...

Chronic migraine is a debilitating condition that’s both painful and frustrating. It’s defined as 15 or more headache days per month for more than three months, with at least eight of those days ...

Let's play a little word association game: When I say "migraine," you say…? If words such as "pain," "headache" and "throbbing," come to mind, that makes sense — after all, migraines are commonly ...

The first migraine-specific tool to measure perceived external stigma reveals that patients worry most about misconceptions of secondary gains and minimization of their disease burden, new research ...

Living with chronic migraine means dealing with the unexpected. These debilitating headaches don’t care if you’re graduating, getting married, or starting your first day at a new job. In fact, for ...

Colleen Murphy is a senior editor at Health. She has extensive experience with interviewing healthcare providers, deciphering medical research, and writing and editing health articles in an ...