Migraines and Headaches - Causes

Bringing a pet into your home is a big commitment, but it can come with serious rewards including a potential reduction of your pain.

Pain often comes from the inside. But could items on your exterior contribute to your discomfort?

Up to10 percent of children under 18 suffer from migraines, but many go undiagnosed. Here are the migraine symptoms children most often experience.

If you live with chronic pain, you may need painkilling medications to help you make it through the day-to-day grind. However, if you rely too heavily on over-the-counter (OTC) medications, you may run the risk of developing long term and potentially deadly health risks.

Once you recognize a migraine is on its way, is it possible to prevent it from taking hold? Read on it find out.

There's been much talk about the possibility that wearing high heels could be connected with getting migraines, but is there scientific weight to this claim?

If you live with frequent headaches or migraines, it's important to know what's causing them and what stops them. Sometimes it's all about what you eat.

A lot of people think exercising is a headache, but for some people, it actually causes headaches. What causes exercise headaches and how can you stop them?

Spinal manipulation has become a common treatment for many patients with chronic pain. In fact, as many as 60 percent of patients who see a traditional doctor for back pain will also see a chiropractor for spinal manipulation. But does it really work?

According to a study presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 2010 Annual Meeting migraines are seen in women with multiple sclerosis (MS) more often than in women without. What's the link? Read on to find out.

A recent study from the National Institutes of Health says many women who suffer from migraines also suffer with chronic pelvic pain. Is there a connection between what’s going on upstairs and what’s going on below the belt? Find out here.

Could eliminating your migraines be as easy as visiting your dentist? One dentist/physical therapist team in Scotland says, "yes," according to recent research and their unique drug-free approach.

While there's no singular cause for stress headaches, they often occur when the body is literally under duress like when you're tired, worried, hungry, over-stimulated, working too hard or just fed up.

Read on for a TMJ primer and tips for how to alleviate TMJ-related headaches.

Choosing pain medication is challenging considering the dizzying array options available. How do you know which one choose? That depends on what type of pain you’re treating and your individual health profile.

Your favorite fragrance may be giving off more than just a nice scent.

Headaches are quite common among school-age children and adolescents and school-related stress can set them off.

While most people “of a certain age” are healthy and living full, productive lives, growing older often comes with a few aches and pains. Not surprisingly, many older adults go through the same changes.

What can you do to relieve your headache besides hit the medicine bottle? We’ve got four natural headache remedies that will knock out your headaches right now and help prevent them in the future.

Certain foods pull the trigger that leads to crippling headaches.

I have treated many patients with migraine headaches who suffered for years because a proper diagnosis was never made. Migraine headaches are difficult to establish a cause for because there are many possible causes.

Avoiding exposure to smoke can prevent the onset of a migraine.

Dietary modification, environmental modifications, and allergy medications can all help in preventing the onset of allergy-related migraines.

Perfumes, weather, and even your up-do can cause that dreaded headache.

Study observing blind migraine patients explains why light worsens migraine headaches.

If you think dehydration only occurs outside during the summertime, you're sorely mistaken.

Doctors and patients report that improving sleep habits can reduce the frequency and severity of migraine headaches.

If you are suffering from migraine headaches, finding out what triggers them may be the best medicine.

If you suffer from stress or tension headaches, find out what causes them and how you can prevent or effectively treat them.

Scientists discover that concussions can damage brain tissue and impair brain function. Find out more about these common injuries, prevention and treatment.