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    There’s been a lot of talk about the safety of using butterbur supplements.  Which types of butterbur are safe, and which butterbur plants are not?  Hint: Watch out for pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) in butterbur. Here are the straight facts about the safety and efficiency of butterbur. What is Butterbur? Butterbur (Petasites hybridus) is […]

    Whenever somebody says they’re on a migraine diet, the first things that come to mind are migraine triggers.  But there’s more to migraine dieting than avoiding foods like red wine, chocolate, and cheesecake.  Even if you’ve established what not to eat, you still need to change the way you eat in order to […]

    There’s a high correlation between migraines and PFO– patent foramen ovale, or a “hole in your heart” from birth.  But does that mean that closing up a PFO lowers your chances of getting migraines with aura? Some recent studies explain more about the connection between migraines and PFO. What is a patent foramen […]

    Migraines are a debilitating neurological illness that inflicts millions of sufferers with migraine headaches, nausea, vomiting, hypersensitivity to sounds, scents, and lights, and stroke-like symptoms.  Migraines are linked with epilepsy and increased risk for stroke and heart disease. Why then are so few governmental funds set aside for migraine research, spreading migraine disorder […]

    The term sounds scarier than it’s meant to be- migraine comorbidity.  Comorbid illnesses are any conditions that occur at the same time.  Depression and migraines are comorbid disorders, just like migraines and fibromyalgia.  Sometimes, the reasons for migraine comorbidities are clear; other times, they require some scientific inquiry. The definition of migraine comorbidity […]

    With migraines, your head often feels like a battle zone.  If you suffer migraines and Meniere’s disease, it can feel like WWIII.  Blinding headaches, throbbing ears, constant ear ringing, sharp pain in the eyes, dizziness, and vomiting are enough to make you want to raise the white flag.  What’s the connection between tinnitus […]

    Some of the best natural migraine ingredients are available in the vitamin aisle of your supermarket. Magnesium tops the list as one of the most effective nutrients, followed by butterbur root and vitamin B2. Below are nine complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) that promote neurological health in migraine patients. Magnesium Magnesium is a […]

    If you’re the type who constantly butts heads with others, you could wind up with more than a painful headache; frequent confrontations lead to chronic inflammation, according to a recent study on negative social interactions and chronic pain from  heightened inflammation. Negative social interactions are bad for your health We know that stress […]

    At what age did you get your first migraine headache?  People don’t usually associate migraines with children, but they can get nerve-rattling migraine attacks, too. If fact, 20% of chronic headache patients say they started having severe headaches before their 10th birthdays. So, how common are pediatric migraines? A headache is a headache […]

    Women are most likely to suffer migraines…and chronic pain.  New research shows that when it comes to pain symptoms of chronic back pain, neck pain, arthritis, and hernias, women consistently report higher pain scores than men with the same exact condition. Study focuses on chronic pain In a recent Stanford study on sex […]