Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Migraines may worsen during menopause

(HealthDay)—New research confirms what women with migraine headaches have told their doctors for years: migraine attacks seem to get worse in the years before and during menopause.

Medications

Teva stops selling migraine patch after reports of burns

Teva Pharmaceutical said Monday that it will stop selling its migraine patch treatment Zecuity after users reported burns and scars where it was applied. The company advised that anyone who has its patch should not use it.

Neuroscience

Children's growing pains may be linked to to migraines

New research published in Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain reveals that, in children and adolescents, pain in the lower limbs—what are often called "growing pains" by clinicians and are commonly attributed to ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Causes of migraines nearly impossible to determine

Women often point to stress, hormones, alcohol, or even the weather as possible triggers for their migraines. But a new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center found that it is nearly impossible for patients to determine ...

Neuroscience

Migraine surgery reduces headache days, finds study

For patients with chronic migraine, nerve decompression surgery effectively reduces the number of headache days—the outcome measure preferred by neurologists—along with other measures including the frequency and intensity ...

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