Migraines are more than just headaches—they’re complex neurological events that can disrupt every part of life. From early symptom recognition to preventive care, there are ways to reduce their ...

Investigators led by Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified mutations in a gene coding for a key ion channel in the brain as a new cause of a debilitating form of migraine, according to a ...

One-third of people with migraines don’t respond to current treatments, but harnessing the brain’s cleaning system could open up a new treatment option. A drug that ordinarily treats high blood ...

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Chronic migraine is a highly disabling neurological condition characterized by recurrent attacks, sensory hypersensitivity, and substantial functional impairment. Many ...

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You’re doing everything right: Keeping a migraine diary, taking medication, and trying to avoid common triggers. Yet, you start to feel the warning signs that a migraine attack is coming on. It’s easy ...

A migraine attack is not just a “bad headache”. Migraine is a debilitating neurological condition which can cause nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light or sound, in addition to severe headaches.

If you get migraines, you already know they don’t just stay in your head. The pounding pain might be the headline symptom, but the real story is how an attack can throw your entire body out of whack — ...

What Should You Know About Migraine Medications? There’s no cure for migraine, but treatment can help manage it. Preventive medications aim to reduce how often attacks happen, while rescue medications ...

Not only do women get more migraines than men, but a new study shows they also experience them for a longer duration. Many scientists point to hormones as the cause of most migraines in women, but ...

As if periods didn’t already come with enough to manage — from painful cramps and tender breasts to PMS — monthly hormonal fluctuations can be exhausting. And for some women, the burden goes even ...

Current medical guidelines discourage the use of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) among people who experience migraine with aura—a type of migraine accompanied by temporary neurological ...