Migraine

Adolescent Migraines Linked To School Performance And GPAs
by eNotAlone.com
Suffering from migraine headaches in adolescence is associated with lower grades at high school and decreases the likelihood of graduating from high school and the likelihood of attending college, the U.S researchers said.

Migraines In Women May Lead To Brain Damage
by eNotAlone.com
Women who experience migraine headaches with aura (sensory disturbances, such as with vision, balance or speech) are more likely to develop damage to a part of the brain important to coordination and the senses, scientists have found.

Pregnant Women With Migraines Are At Risk Of Heart Problems
by eNotAlone.com
Women who experience migraines while being pregnant are at greater risk to suffer a stroke and other vascular disorders such as blood pressure and blot clots, claims a study by scientists at three of North Carolina's academic hospitals.

Migraine Triggered By Warm Weather
by eNotAlone.com
Warm weather has a significant effect on people who suffer from severe headaches, and specifically migraines, and there is a new scientific proof now to link the two, according to a Harvard University study.

Migraine Linked To Stroke?
by eNotAlone.com
Harvard researchers in their new finding reported the complicated link between having migraines and an increased risk of stroke and heart attacks. Research has shown a strong connection between migraines and an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases

Migraine Linked To Belly Fat
by eNotAlone.com
It has been a known fact that extra weight, and more precisely belly fat, leads to an increased risk for diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and even death. And now, according go a new study, overweight people are more likely to have migraines

Treating Migraine
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Nearly 30 million people in the United States have migraine headaches. The recent American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention Study, the largest-ever study of migraine sufferers, found that 18 percent of women and 6 percent of men have this disease.

Coping with Migraine: More Than a Headache
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Migraine is a physical illness, and people who have it are called migraineurs by health care professionals. Although headache is the most recognized symptom of migraine, nausea, vomiting, distorted vision, and sensitivity to light and sound

Coping with Migraine Pain
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Migraine sufferers can beat the pain if they avoid triggers, heed early warning symptoms, and, with the help of a health professional, find effective drug treatment, including the first nonprescription drug for migraines, recently approved by FDA.

But Where Does a Migraine Come From?
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A longstanding theory holds that blood vessels in the scalp and on the brain's surface constrict. This reduces the brain's oxygen supply to produce the aura some patients have. The same vessels, reacting to the brain's need for oxygen, open up, or dilate

Migraine, Cluster and Tension: Headache Misery May Yield to Treatment
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Migraine is only one of 12 headache types (with more than 60 sub-types) classified in 1988 by the International Headache Society for use in diagnosis. Migraine, cluster, and tension-type headaches are the main varieties.