BARCELONA, Spain — Around half of all patients with chronic headache or migraine overuse their medication, leading to aggravated or new types of headaches. "Medication overuse headache" is the third ...

It seems contradictory: the pills you're taking for headaches might actually be perpetuating them. Medication-overuse headache is a well-documented medical phenomenon, but the good news is it's often ...

Why Headaches Start Returning More Frequently When experiencing a migraine attack, many people turn to medicines for fast relief. Initially, these drugs may work well. However, when the brain is ...

Your patient may not know it, for those with obesity, headaches can be a result. It is essential to acknowledge the established medical associations between these conditions and to engage in the ...

You’ve been treating your recurring headaches as migraines for months or years, taking migraine medications and avoiding triggers that don’t seem to help. But many people who think they have migraines ...

If you regularly medicate yourself with over-the-counter painkillers, then it actually may worsen the headache. Find out why.

When taken at the first signs of a migraine, before headache pain begins, a drug called ubrogepant may be effective in helping people with migraine go about their daily lives with little or no ...

Occasional headaches are common. You don’t always need to worry about a headache or see a neurologist. Anti-seizure medications: These medicines can affect how your nerves send pain signals. They may ...

The pounding in your head arrives without warning — that familiar throb of a migraine or the vice-like grip of a tension headache. While most people reach for over-the-counter medications, emerging ...

Groundbreaking Headache Medicine Research on New Frontiers in Treatment, Biomarkers, and the Gut-Brain Axis to be Presented at the American Headache Society® 68th Annual Scientific Meeting Leading ...

The Headache Medicine Fellowship is a one-year UCNS-accredited fellowship program with an optional second year focusing on research. Our fellowship offers a comprehensive training experience designed ...