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Monitor Sleep, Relieve Headache

Sleep is a fickle factor when it comes to headaches. While too much or too little sleep can often spark a migraine, napping can sometimes relieve unbearable head pain. How should you manage your sleep patterns in order to control…

How Someone With Chronic Migraine Can Qualify for Social Security Disability

https://youtu.be/CMzEc4gz6Zkhttps://youtu.be/dr-w6CdZPBs By Rachel Gaffney Outreach Specialist If you experience chronic migraine that makes it difficult or impossible for you to work you can file a claim for Social Security disability benefits. You will need to provide medical documentation of your…

How Does Migraine Impact Men?

Migraine is a debilitating disease that impacts almost 40 million people in the United States. While unfortunate, those who experience regular occurrences of migraine have a higher risk of developing other health issues, such as anxiety, depression and insomnia, to…

Does Caffeine Trigger or Treat Headaches?

Caffeine is something that on average 90% of Americans enjoy, but it can also be a headache trigger or headache inhibitor. Caffeine is all around us, and can be found in a number of beverages, chocolate and even in some…

Fall Migraine Triggers

A change in seasons introduces many new environmental factors that can trigger additional migraine and headache attacks, such as cooler weather, changes in barometric pressure and humidity levels, wind and allergens. For those with a previous history of consistent head…

Common Headache and Migraine Triggers

Figuring out exactly what triggers symptoms is one of the ongoing struggles of migraine and headache patients. While no two patients experience migraine the same, there are some general areas of consideration when narrowing down the list. Specific Foods There…

How Does Migraine Impact Men?

How to Get and Use Oxygen to Treat Your Cluster Headaches

Guest blog by Ashley S. Hattle. You can view this and other posts on her cluster headache blog. You know you have cluster headaches. It may have taken months or years, but you finally have an official diagnosis. Hopefully, your…

Childhood Abuse and Neglect Connected to Migraine Later in Life

Adverse childhood experiences, called ACEs, can lead to a variety of health problems later in life. Now, researchers say children who experience abuse or neglect are more likely to develop migraines rather than tension-type headaches, which tend to be milder…

Cluster Headache

Cluster headache refers to the characteristic grouping or clustering of attacks. Cluster headaches may also be known as histamine headache, red migraine, Horton’s headache, and cephalalgia or sphenopalatine neuralgia. The headache periods can last several weeks or months, and then…

Migraine Facts

The Who, What, When, Where and Why of Migraine More than just a “bad headache,” migraine is a legitimate, biological disease affecting 28 million Americans – equivalent to 13 percent of the U.S. population. According to data released by the…

Facts About Triptans

How Triptans Work Triptans are a class of medications used to treat migraines that are categorized as acute. Acute medications are designed to stop a migraine attack or cluster headache after the attack begins. By stopping the migraine, acute medications…

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