Headache Research Library

Migraine affects children, and it is estimated that there are more than 6 million children and adolescents in the US who suffer from them. There have been few research studies in the past looking at daily preventive treatments and how much they are able to reduce or take away migraines in children

Adolescent children of a parent with migraine are negatively affected in many important areas of their lives and those with a parent with Chronic Migraine (CM) are impacted...

Few physicians receive adequate training to effectively diagnose and treat migraine, argue the authors of a new commentary in Headache®️ about the U.S. workforce gap in the field of headache medicine.

A common marker of inflammation and cardiovascular and stroke risk is elevated in the blood of young adults with migraine, according to a new study presented this week at the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society.

SAN DIEGO, CA (June 9, 2016) – According to a new study presented this week at the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society, on average 43% of headaches in women...

While headache is the most frequently reported symptom following a traumatic brain injury, it can continue to impact patients five years after the injury occurred, according to a new study presented this week at the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society.

PTSD occurs as a result of trauma arousing feelings of intense fear, helplessness, and horror. The individual’s response involves emotionally re-experiencing the event, numbing of affect, avoidance of stimuli which are associated with the event, and increased arousal. 

A new class of migraine drugs in late-stage development comes as scientists believe they may finally have unlocked some key biological mysteries about the debilitating condition. WSJ’s Jonathan Rockoff joins Shelby Holliday to discuss.

A team of researchers working in France and the U.S. has demonstrated in a large prospective study that women who experience migraine with aura are at greater risk of all types of stroke including ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke as well as all strokes.

Children who have a family history of headache, chronic pain, poor quality of life, and/or loss of consciousness with amnesia at the time of injury are more likely to have headache three months...

A new study has found a widespread shortage of specialists certified in the diagnosis and treatment of migraine, a highly disabling disorder that affects more than 11% of the U.S. population.

Todd J. Schwedt, MD, FAHS, Associate Professor of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ, has won the American Headache Society’s Harold G. Wolff Lecture Award for his research using magnetic resonance imaging