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 ...

Weather patterns such as extreme heat and storm conditions have been linked to migraine attacks, and research shows those environmental conditions are becoming more common. A recent systematic review ...

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 ...

Mr. Zeller is the author of “The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction.” “What a headache!” we might say about the stalled subway or the broken printer. It’s shorthand for life’s ...

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 ...