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Women's health
Migraine and Headaches During Pregnancy & Postpartum
Managing migraine and headaches during pregnancy and after birth, and when to seek help.
Prevention
Pharmaceutical Options for Migraine Prevention
A guide to migraine preventive medications: classes, effectiveness, dosing and fit.
Lifestyle and triggers
Modifiable Risk Factors for Migraine: What You Can Change
Table of modifiable migraine risk factors based on recent research
How migraine works
Understanding The Migraine-Cardiovascular Connection
How migraine, especially with aura, affects heart health, and how to lower the risk.
Prevention
Primary Stroke Prevention in the Migraine Patient
Practical ways to lower stroke risk if you have migraine, based on AHA/ASA guidance.
Headache types
Anatomical and Functional Consequences of Chronic Migraine
How chronic migraine affects brain structure and function, based on imaging research.
Devices
Complete Guide to Neuromodulation Devices for Migraine Treatment
A comparison of FDA-cleared migraine devices, with protocols, evidence and side effects.
How migraine works
Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Migraine: Treatment Shows Decrease in Migraine Frequency and Severity
Treating subclinical hypothyroidism with levothyroxine may reduce migraine frequency.
CGRP
One Treatment, Two Conditions: Study Reveals Ajovy's Impact on Migraine and Depression
A trial tested fremanezumab (Ajovy) in people with both migraine and major depression.
How migraine works
Blood Flow Changes Between Migraine Attacks
A 4D flow MRI study found higher brain blood flow between attacks in migraine.
Women's health
Migraine and Pregnancy: Understanding the Risks
A meta-analysis links migraine to higher risk of preeclampsia and preterm birth.
How migraine works
Migraine and Increased Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Migraine was linked to higher cardiovascular risk, especially in young women.
Women's health
Is Botox Safe During Pregnancy for Migraine Patients?
What the research says about using Botox for migraine during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
CGRP
CGRP Therapy Medications List
A quick reference chart of every CGRP medication, its target, dose and use.
Acute treatment
Migraine Pharmaceutical Treatment Pearls
Specialist tips on getting the most from acute and preventive migraine medications.
Prevention
Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Pharmacological Treatment of Migraine
What expert guidelines recommend for acute and preventive migraine treatment.
CGRP
Clinical Predictors for Efficacy of Erenumab (Aimovig) for Migraine
Which patient traits predicted a good response to erenumab (Aimovig) in one study.
CGRP
Effectiveness and Tolerability of Atogepant (Qulipta) in the Prevention of Migraine
In real-world use, atogepant cut migraine days by more than half, even after other failures.
Research news
Impact of Visual Stimulus Complexity on Associative Learning in Migraine Patients
People with migraine processed simple images more slowly than complex ones in this study.
Devices
FDA Authorizes First Digital Therapeutic for Migraine
The FDA authorized CT-132, the first prescription app for preventing episodic migraine.
Lifestyle and triggers
Weather Conditions & Migraine Attacks: Is there a relationship?
A meta-analysis tied temperature, pressure changes and air pollution to migraine attacks.
Lifestyle and triggers
Migraine Trigger Avoidance: Is there a better way? (YES)
Why strict trigger avoidance may backfire, and what may work better instead.
Women's health
Understanding the Link Between Endometriosis and Migraine
A meta-analysis found a significant link between endometriosis and migraine.
How migraine works
