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Medical Conditions
Migraine and Headaches
According to Wikipedia, "A migraine is a neurological syndrome characterized by altered bodily experiences, painful headaches, and nausea. It is a common condition which affects women more frequently than men. "
Migraine headaches can mean something different to eveyone who suffers them, but the effects can be disabling. Their occurrence, causes, effects and treatments are many and varied.
The links below Breaking News will direct you to sites that have excellent information, definitions, blogs, support and suggestions for headaches, in general, and migraine sufferers and their families.
American Headache Society | ACHE
ACHE is an acronym for the American Headache Society (AHS) Committee for Headache Education. ACHE is sponsored and directed by AHS which is a professional society of health care providers dedicated to the study and treatment of headache and face pain.
HeadacheAustin | Alternative Medicine
Headaches can be bothersome and last for days on in, they can not be cured but headaches can be controlled. There are many different homeopathic treatments that are non-surgical and non evasive that can provide you with a natural comfort.
International Headache Society
IHS is the world’s leading membership organisation for all whose professional commitment, whatever their discipline, is to helping people whose lives are affected by headache disorders.
Migraine Elimination Centers
If you suffer from migraines, then you've come to the right place. Our proven, non-invasive treatment will change your life! We've seen it work successfully for hundreds of men, women and children throughout the country, and it will do the same for you, too.
Migralex
Migralex, Inc. was founded by Dr. Alexander Mauskop specifically to market headache therapies he developed and found effective in treating his patients at the New York Headache Center. The products created and marketed by Migralex, Inc. are backed by scientific research and clinical experience and have been proven to be both safe and effective for the treatment and prevention of headaches.
Help for Headaches & Migraine | Accurate Information & Dependable Support
Education and support are essential to anyone living with Migraine disease and/or headaches. The purpose of this site is to provide you with educational content; a forum, and newsletter for support; and links to other relevant sites.
MAGNUM | The National Migraine Association
MAGNUM, The National Migraine Association, welcomes you to our site. Magnum's Web site is the most comprehensive and up-to-date Web site about Migraine disease available on the Internet. Here we focus on the serious nature of Migraine, as well as headache and head-pain issues.
Migraine Research Foundation | Dedicated to Ending Debilitating Pain
The mission of the Migraine Research Foundation is to end the debilitating pain of migraine by raising money to fund promising research into its causes and treatment.
Migraine is a serious illness that affects more than 30 million Americans – including 10% of children and a disproportionate number of women – and ranks in the top 20 of the world's most disabling medical illnesses. Every 10 seconds, someone in the United States goes to the emergency room with a headache or migraine.
Migraines & Headaches | QualityHealth
Migraine headaches, cluster headaches, and tension headaches are the most common types of recurring headaches. Women are three times more likely to suffer from migraines, which can also cause light-sensitivity and nausea. Men are more likely to have cluster headaches, which come on suddenly and feel like being poked in the eye with a hot stick.
MyMigraineConnection.com
Migraine and the degree to which it increases risk of stroke is a topic on which expert opinions vary. There is, however, agreement that Migraine does increase the risk, and that status migrainous increases the risk even further.
National Headache Foundation | Migraines
More than 29.5 million Americans suffer from migraine, with women being affected three times more often than men. This vascular headache is most commonly experienced between the ages of 15 and 55, and 70% to 80% of sufferers have a family history of migraine. Less than half of all migraine sufferers have received a diagnosis of migraine from their healthcare provider. Migraine is often misdiagnosed as sinus headache or tension-type headache.
Blog | A Cluster Head's Life
The chronicles of my life with chronic cluster headaches
Blog | Abi's Migrainous Wanderings
I'm 43, and have had Migraines since the age of 7. I work in a medical office where I've been encouraged to learn about this disease in order to assist in my own treatment and improve my quality of life.
Blog | Brainless Blogger
The endless quest to find a migraine free day, when you have additional health issues such as asthma and FMS. Share my pain or learn a bit about chronic migraines.
Blog | Cure My Migraine
I have suffered from migraine for 20 years. Join me on my mission to find a cure...
Blog | Doc's Cluster Headache Journal
Welcome to Doc's cluster headache journal. This is a place for Doc and Katy to keep a record of his cluster headache cycles and any issues related to that. It also will serve as a resource as Katy works on her documentary film project on cluster headaches.
Blog | Down the Rabbit Hole: The Journey of a Migraineur
This blog chronicles my journey with chronic migraines. It will also serve as a forum and a source of information for others who have migraines.
Blog | Fly with Hope
The thoughts of a woman who loves Jesus and is navigating her way through pain.
Blog | Free My Brain From Migraine Pain
This is my journal of living with Migraine and other chronic illness. Trying to live well, to live a purposeful life, with chronic illness, since I don't get the choice of living it without!
Blog | Glass Pineapple
My first migraine was when I was seven years old. I was in Mrs. Easely’s 2nd grade class, and I remember vividly standing in the parking lot waiting for my mom to come pick me up, with the pain making me feel sick all over.
Blog | Headache & Migraine News Blog
Thoughts and information about the latest news in the world of migraine, cluster headache and other headache treatment around the world.
Blog | Her Life in a Nutshell
I am 24 years old, suffering from New Daily Persistent Headache since January 2004 during the winter break of my sophomore year of college. This blog will hopefully be a helpful place for me to keep track of what I’ve been through, tried, etc. and what I’m doing/going through now.
Blog | Living with Migraines
Welcome. I have been a migraineur (a person dealing with migraines) for over twenty years, starting around age 13, and I started keeping a migraine journal back in February of 2002. I have tried many things to get them under control and continue to seek ways to manage them.
Blog | Migraine Blog
This blog introduces readers to much better perspective on Migraine, a neurological disease that most of the public has no concept, but feel they do. So many people simply do not have a clue as to the debilitating burden this condition thrusts upon a small percent of the American population. So if you think you know what a Migraine is, read on and see if you do!
Blog | Migraine Chick
One girl chronicling her misadventures in Migraine Land.
Blog | Migraine Community
I am a Migraineur of 20+ years. Migraine Disease has ripped years out of my life. I hope that some of what I have learned and have gone through can help at least one person out there.
Blog | Migraine Facts
This blog will give considerable guidance to most aspects of the problems associated with these conditions. It looks into potential headache cures, migraine research, and migraine drugs. Migraine therapies, natural headache, migraine theories, potential headache cures and much more.
Blog | Migraine Nation
Despite the fact that I regularly see my doctor and have heavy-hitters like Imitrex and Fioronol handy, despite the pain management sessions I've completed and the biofeedback work, in many ways I am a prisoner of my damn head. I may be on good behavior but who knows what awaits? For these reasons I decided to start this blog--to connect with others, to find new methods of management, to just not feel so guilty every time I have to cancel plans and stay in bed with an ice pack.
Blog | Migraine Truth
Because I’m tired of misconceptions, misunderstanding, and outright lies!
Blog | Migraines and Me
Originally from Washington, transplanted to Northern California for 20 years (that makes me an under cover tree hugger) and then to Southern California which betrayed all that I had been raised to believe about So. Cal.
Blog | Much to My Sjogren
I am a wife and mother, writer and friend. I also happen to have an automimmune disease - Sjogren's Syndrome - cluster headaches and a wee benign brain tumor. I have no immediate plans of surrendering to this rotten trio.
Blog | My life with Migraine
Daily thoughts from a woman (31) suffering from migraine disease....and maybe some other thoughts thrown in for good measure!
Blog | Pain in the Head
The continuing saga of my migraines.
Blog | Perspectives on a Headache
The contributors to this blog, all sufferers, reflect on how this affliction has affected their lives, and on their efforts to manage and cope with the pain.
Blog | Pink Pearl Girl's Migraine World
Ruminations, contemplations, communications,excogitations, fascinations,revelations,irritations, provocations, and exasperations
of a chronic Migraineur.
Blog | Rhymes with Migraine
I'm a 25-year-old woman learning to live well with chronic migraines, and sharing my discoveries, successes and frustrations along the way.
Blog | Somebody Heal Me
I have had migraines for 25+ years, and I also have depression, IBS, degenerative disc disease and diabetes.
Blog | The Daily Headache
This blog is to share what I learn as I stumble along, trying to keep migraines and chronic daily headaches from ruling (or ruining) my life.
From info about meds and triggers to getting out of bed and not blaming yourself -- and everything else headache sufferers should know but are in too much pain to ask. There's still hope!
Blog | The Journey of a Migraineur
I've always been the more serious sort, more prone to melancholy than anything. Not only do Migraines tie up the serotonin in your brain, just the day-to-day literal grind of Migraine can things plummet even further.
Blog | The Migraine Chronicles
It’s been awhile since I’ve had the strength to write here. While I’m striving to stay away from self-pity, I can’t shake my profound feelings of grief and frustration.
Blog | The Migraine Girl
A look into the life of a twenty-something with chronic Migraine disease. Check out this informative page and the accompanying petition: stop Migraine-inducing fluorescents from taking over the country!
Blog | Up, Down, and Probably Inside Out
I'm a writer and patient advocate in the field of Migraine disease and headaches.
Blog | Weathering Migraine Storms
I have Migraine Disease - It has ripped years from my life, life with my husband and me together, from my kids lives. It's been very disabling for me. But that's not ALL there is to me.
Blogs | Headache and Migraine News Blog
Thoughts and information about the latest news in the world of migraine, cluster headache and other headache treatment around the world.
Headaches & Migraines | About.com
There is a lot to understand about migraines. Risk factors vary from person to person, and can change significantly depending on age and gender. Treatments for migraine headaches can vary from other types as well so gaining as much knowledge as possible about migraines can help you greatly.
MenstrualMigraine.org | Is There a Connection
With all of the discomforts that come with your period, realizing that you’re also having migraines on a regular monthly cycle is not always obvious. That’s why it’s helpful to keep a record.
Migraine Headache | eMedicineHealth
Headaches are very common; in fact, almost everyone will have a headache at some point. Headaches have been written about since the time of the Babylonians. Migraine headaches are even discussed in the Bible. Some very famous historical figures (for example, Napoleon Bonaparte) suffered from severe headaches.
Migraine Headache | MedicineNet.com
Migraine-specific abortive medications usually are necessary for moderate to severe migraine headaches. The abortive medications for moderate or severe migraine headaches are different than OTC analgesics.
Migraine Headaches | Familydoctor.org
Migraine headaches seem to be caused in part by changes in the level of a body chemical called serotonin. Serotonin plays many roles in the body, and it can have an effect on the blood vessels.
Migraine Headaches | NeurologyChannel
The cause of migraine is unknown. The condition may result from a series of reactions in the central nervous system caused by changes in the body or in the environment. There is often a family history of the disorder, suggesting that migraine sufferers may inherit sensitivity to triggers that produce inflammation in the blood vessels and nerves around the brain and scalp, causing pain.
Migraine | InteliHealth
How your migraines are treated will depend on the frequency and severity of attacks. People who have a headache several times per year often respond well to nonprescription pain relievers. However, other therapies should be considered when headaches are disabling enough to interfere with usual activities and pain relievers don't work well.
Migraine | MayoClinic.com
A migraine can be disabling — with symptoms so severe, all you can think about is finding a dark, quiet place to lie down. Up to 17 percent of women and 6 percent of men have experienced a migraine.
Migraine | MedlinePlus
Migraine is three times more common in women than in men. Some people can tell when they are about to have a migraine because they see flashing lights or zigzag lines or they temporarily lose their vision.
Migraine | NINDS
The pain of a migraine headache is often described as an intense pulsing or throbbing pain in one area of the head. It is often accompanied by extreme sensitivity to light and sound, nausea, and vomiting. Migraine is three times more common in women than in men.
Migraine | Wikipedia
Migraine is a neurological syndrome characterized by altered bodily experiences, painful headaches, and nausea. It is a common condition which affects women more frequently than men.
Migraine | Womenshealth.gov
About three out of four people who have migraines are women. Migraines are most common in women between the ages of 20 and 45. At this time of life women often have more job, family, and social duties. Women tend to report more painful and longer lasting headaches and more symptoms, such as nausea and vomiting. All these factors make it hard for a woman to fulfill her roles at work and at home when migraine strikes.
MigraineCast | Podcasts
The weekly podcast providing information and support about Migraine disease and related issues.
Migraines During Pregnancy | American Pregnancy Association
Migraine headaches are like a lottery when it comes to pregnancy. If you are prone to getting migraines, you may experience stronger headaches, or you may find that they diminish.
Migraines | HealingWell.com
Learn how to recognize the early warning signs of oncoming migraines and take effective action to control and ward off pain.
Migraines | KidsHealth
Emily remembers her first bad headache. "It was really scary. The pain was unbelievable and I felt like I was going to throw up," she said. "I had no idea what was happening."
Ocular Migraines | All About Vision
The term "migraine" usually brings to mind a severe type of headache. But visual disturbances with or without headache pain also can accompany migraine processes thought to be related to changes in blood flow in the brain.
Topamax | Life Shouldn't Always Revolve Around Migraines
TOPAMAX.com is a resource for people with migraines and for patients taking Topamax.
Here, you can discover the causes and effects of this neurological condition.
Vestibular Migraine | John Hopkins Medicine
We now recognize that there are many variations of migraine and some produce symptoms associated with inner ear balance and mechanisms. We also know that symptoms of migraines can appear independently of headaches.
World Headache Alliance
The World Headache Alliance (WHA) was founded to reduce the burden of headache disorders throughout the world, in particular, by sharing information among headache organisations and by increasing the awareness and understanding of headache as a public health concern with profound social and economic impact.
