Of the 63.9 % of women who used migraine treatments for acute symptoms, the most commonly used were triptans, a class of drugs developed in the 1990s to quiet overactive nerves associated with ...

Migraine plus persistent vasomotor symptoms is associated with greater CVD risk and stroke for women, according to a secondary data analysis published in Menopause.“Both vasomotor symptoms and ...

A third of the nearly 20 million women who participated in a national health survey reports migraines during menstruation, and of them, 11.8 million, or 52.5%, were premenopausal.

TOPLINE: A history of migraine is not associated with an elevated risk for Parkinson's disease (PD) in women, regardless of headache frequency or migraine subtype, a new study suggests.

While the symptoms of stroke and migraine with aura can be similar, migraine may also point to a higher risk of having a stroke, particularly ischemic stroke, which is caused by blood clots.

New research published in the journal Menopause has shown that women who experience migraines and vasomotor symptoms such as hot flashes are at greater risk of strokes and other cardiovascular disease ...