Headaches and Migraines

Headaches and Migraines News

• Two-Drug Combo Helps Teens With Migraines

  By Amanda GardnerHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) — A two-drug combination that relieves migraines in adults also works well in adolescents, new research indicates. Although the findings basically support what doctors are already doing, “it is nice to have this officially shown in a study in adolescents,” said Dr. Ellen Drexler, associate director of neurology [...]

• Botox Offers Little Relief for Migraine, Study Finds

  By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, April 24 (HealthDay News) — Botox is considered a preventive medication for debilitating migraine headaches, but a new review finds that it may only help people with chronic migraines or chronic daily headaches. And, even then, the effect appears to only be “small to modest.” The review found that Botox [...]

• Migraine Guidelines: What Works, What Doesn’t

  By Amanda GardnerHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) — Dozens of medications are available to prevent debilitating migraine headaches, but most migraine sufferers don’t use them, a new study finds. “Approximately 40 percent of people with migraines need preventive treatment, and only about one-third of them are actually getting it,” said Dr. Stephen D. Silberstein, co-author [...]

• Migraines May Raise Depression Risk in Women

  WEDNESDAY, February 22, 2012 (Health.com) — Middle-aged women are roughly 40% more likely to become depressed if they experience migraine headaches, new research suggests. What’s more, their risk of depression appears to stay elevated even if the pain stops. Women whose migraines had not troubled them within the past year were just as likely to become [...]

• Migraines May Raise a Woman’s Odds of Depression

  By Madonna BehenHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) — As if the debilitating headaches weren’t bad enough, women who get migraines or have had them in the past are at increased risk for depression, a new study suggests. Migraines are intense, throbbing headaches often accompanied by nausea and sensitivity to light or sound. They are three [...]