Right after I made a note to myself to blog about different headache types, the latest issue of Housecall, Mayo Clinic’s weekly newsletter, arrived in my inbox. The issue’s feature was, you guessed it, headaches. Mayo’s online headache center has a wealth of information on…
A superb glimpse into how much migraine affects people with the disorder, Life and Migraine is compelling and thorough. This documentary will raise the awareness of everyone who watches it and is likely to light a fire under those living with undiagnosed migraine — which…
Over the last few years, news articles have declared that researchers have found the migraine gene. That’s not exactly true. Multiple genes are thought to be involved with migraine and all its variations. Several chromosomal regions for migraine have been identified, but only one true…
Last night I came across a website that examines depictions of migraine in art. One section lists painters commonly thought to be migraineurs but probably aren’t, and artists who possibly, likely or definitely had migraine. In each category, the artists’ names link to paintings influenced…
Using PET scans, researchers at the Institute of Neurology in London have confirmed that brain stem activation occurs during migraine headaches. The specific location of activation is dorsal pontine, which is a mass of nerve fibers in the posterior of the brain stem. (I knew…