Migraine Research
Why Do We Hate Light? Perhaps the Answer is More Complicated Than We Thought
Why are we as a community of people with migraine so averse to light? At least 40% of us have photophobia to some extent, but none of us really understand it.
New Migraine Treatments: What’s in the Pipeline
2018 may have been a pivotal year in migraine treatment with the release of CGRP monoclonal antibodies, but that was merely the first wave of new treatments for people with migraine disease. As 2019 winds down, there are more promising treatments in the pipeline than ever before, all aiming at different targets in the migraine process. Some are new kinds of medications that may abort or prevent attacks with fewer risks than other currently available treatments. Others are neuromodulators, devices that patients can apply externally to disrupt the electrical signals during migraine attacks.
Invalidated, Invisible, Inspired
It wasn’t like I had a brain tumor. This is what I remember most from my first trip to the student health center the first semester of my freshman year. The doctor loudly exclaiming outside my small sterile examining room that “it wasn’t like [I] had a brain tumor.”
The Relationship Between Stroke and Migraine
There are several ways to think about migraine and its relationship to stroke. Migraine is a disease that affects the nerves in our body, as well as the blood vessels. More specifically, it affects the arteries or the blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the rest of our body. There are two important relationships between migraine
Pregnancy and Migraine Medications
When we first become moms we face all sorts of new challenges and changes. Those of us managing migraines have an extra challenge.
Intentional Avoidance of Physical Activity
Scientific evidence supports the positive role of physical activity in the management of migraine.
