When your head is pounding, it’s hard to think about anything besides getting rid of your headache ASAP. But before you reach for a pain reliever, it’s important to understand whether you’re dealing ...

Medication overuse is a major preventable driver of headache-related disability across the globe, highlighting the need for ...

We don’t know a single woman who’s made it through life without the occasional headache. But we do know that when head pain happens, figuring out the cause (whether that’s stress, a health condition, ...

Dr. Carrie Jose, in her latest Health and Wellness column, provides five ways to tell if your neck is the hidden cause of ...

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 ...

Myofascial trigger points are prevalent in both migraine and tension-type headaches. However, their role in the pathophysiology of each disorder and to what degree is unclear. Myofascial trigger ...

Headache disorders affected almost 3 billion people worldwide in 2023—nearly one in every three people, a figure unchanged ...

Throbbing is one of the most common symptoms of a migraine. Pulsing sensations tend to be felt in only one side of the head and can continue for days if you're unlucky. The throbbing can get so ...

Nearly 1 in every 3 people worldwide suffer from a headache disorder, affecting almost 3 billion people, researchers said in ...

Tension headaches are marked by dull pain, tightness, or pressure that can feel like a clamp squeezing your skull. Also called stress headaches, they’re the most common type for adults. Although your ...

Despite affecting billions, headache disorders continue to be underdiagnosed and undertreated. New research says it's time ...