by Sue Robbins | Jul 2, 2020 | Migraine
Female migraineurs tend to exhibit longer attack duration and greater frequency of nausea, vomiting, osmophobia, and vertigo/dizziness, compared with male migraineurs, according to a community-based study. Although studies of migraine have consistently found the...
by Sue Robbins | Jun 12, 2020 | Migraine
One day not long before I turned 12, I got my first migraine. I was triumphantly competing for my primary school in a regional cross-country race when zig-zags of neon light began to buzz in my peripheral vision. Then suddenly they were gone — replaced by swathes of...
by Sue Robbins | Jan 15, 2020 | Wellness
High blood pressure tends to begin at a younger age in women than men, and rises faster, a new study reports. Blood pressure begins to increase at younger ages in women than in men, and it goes up at a faster rate, a new study reports. On average, women who develop...
by Sue Robbins | Jan 13, 2020 | Cluster Headache
Distinct gender-related differences in the presence of cluster headache (CH) have been reported, with additional novel information available that supports the hypothesis of a closer phenotypical similarity between CH and migraine among women. A cross-sectional...
by Sue Robbins | Dec 11, 2019 | Migraine
Compared with nonmenstrual migraine attacks, menstrual migraine attacks have been linked with increased allodynia scores at the onset of migraine attacks, according to a study recently published in Headache. This prospective cohort study included 32 participants (all...
