Headache Research News
May 14, 2024
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Apr. 24, 2024 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 omeprazole and ...
A Third of Women Experience Migraines Associated With Menstruation, Most Commonly When Premenopausal
Apr. 12, 2024 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 ...
Mar. 13, 2024 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 than 10 days in ...
Mar. 13, 2024 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 ...
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Mar. 7, 2024 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 ...
Jan. 3, 2024 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. ...
Nov. 29, 2023 Researchers have identified objective evidence of how the neck muscles are involved in primary headaches, according to a new ...
Nov. 29, 2023 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 ...
Nov. 20, 2023 Researchers think that a flavanol found naturally in red wines can interfere with the proper metabolism of alcohol and can lead to a ...
Nov. 17, 2023 A new study sheds light on what works best to prevent migraine attacks, and surprisingly, cheaper medicines worked as well as the expensive ...
Oct. 25, 2023 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. ...
June 21, 2023 A study has shown that prazosin, a drug used to treat high blood pressure, can prevent post-traumatic ...
Mar. 30, 2023 Both cluster headache and migraine have strong links to the circadian system, the internal clock that regulates body processes, according to a ...
Feb. 22, 2023 As estrogen levels fluctuate, a new study has found for female participants with migraine, their levels of the protein calcitonin gene-related ...
Earlier Headlines
Jan. 17, 2024 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 ...
Jan. 31, 2023 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. ...
Dec. 21, 2022 While cluster headache is more common in men than in women, a new study suggests that the disorder may be more severe for ...
Dec. 14, 2022 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 ...
Nov. 16, 2022 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 ...
Apr. 11, 2022 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 ...
Mar. 28, 2022 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 ...
Feb. 25, 2022 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 ...
Feb. 3, 2022 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 ...
Feb. 3, 2022 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 ...
Dec. 8, 2021 Debilitating cluster headaches commonly begin in childhood, but patients are not typically diagnosed until they are adults, according to new ...
Oct. 12, 2021 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 ...
July 23, 2021 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 ...
Consuming a Diet With More Fish Fats, Less Vegetable Oils Can Reduce Migraine Headaches, Study Finds
July 1, 2021 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 ...
May 18, 2021 Researchers used a technique in genetic analysis termed Mendelian randomization to examine 12 coagulation measures, uncovering four that are associated with migraine ...
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