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 ...

Higher surprisal scores, reflecting unusual daily experiences, were tied to migraine attacks within a day. Surprisal's link to migraine risk was stronger at 24 hours than 12 hours. Findings support ...

Food, stress, sleep and weather may not be the only triggers to consider when preventing migraines—how stable your daily routine is could play an important role too. Harvard and Massachusetts General ...

Lakshini Gunasekera receives funding from the Victorian Government Catalyst grant program to investigate hormonal therapies for menstrual migraine. Jayashri Kulkarni is a National Health and Medical ...

Much more than a headache, migraine is a debilitating neurological condition that affects over 40 million adults in the United States alone. Migraine robs individuals of their productivity, disrupts ...

Ordering a large Coca-Cola and fries from McDonald's has become as a popular hack for stopping migraines, earning the name "McMigraine" online. Nutrition and medical experts explain that while the ...

Roxana Ehsani, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Board-Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics. She works as a media spokesperson, nutrition consultant, recipe developer ...

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 ...

When a migraine strikes, finding relief becomes all-consuming. So it’s natural to wonder if there are foods to eat for migraines that might help ease symptoms. A migraine is a neurological condition ...