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The science behind migraine disease, or any type of headache, and migraine news. (Extension of Cerebral Torque's blog)
Popular Themes in r/migrainescience
#1
Pain & Anger
: "The 0-10 pain scale is the worst assessment for migraine. "
11 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "This article proposes a new migraine subtype called "migraine with associated myofascial pain" (MAMP) that describes migraine patients who experience persistent neck, shoulder, and upper back pain. The authors believe "it may serve as a clinical bridge between migraine, corpalgia, and fibromyalgia.""
6 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "I have decided to make the kindle edition of Unraveling Migraine completely FREE starting 3:00 AM EST on Monday, February 10, 2025 for 48 hours. Evidence-based migraine education is incredibly necessary now more than ever."
3 posts
#4
News
: "Quick comments on the increased popularity of the ketogenic diet for migraine"
2 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "The study found that patients w/ migraine taking Emgality (galcanezumab), Ajovy (fremanezumab), or Aimovig (erenumab) experienced increased total healthcare costs due to the high price of these meds that outweighed any savings from reduced emergency room visits and other medical resources use."
1 post
#6
Opportunities
: "This study found that migraine diagnosis and severity are associated with higher occupational burnout, even after controlling for psychological and work-related factors. This emphasizes the need for workplace adjustments to better support migraine patients and their participation in the workforce."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/migrainescience
#1
Migraine
: "People with Migraine have 3-6x higher risk of panic disorder and 5.5x higher risk of generalized anxiety disorder, with anxiety affecting 20-75% of Migraine patients and associated with worse outcomes. Likely a bidirectional relationship. Migraine worsens anxiety and anxiety worsens Migraine."
205 posts
#2
Study
: "This Study found that migraine patients have hypersensitive light-detecting cells (ipRGCs), which may lower the threshold for cortical spreading depression potentially triggering migraine attacks, especially in response to blue light."
128 posts
#3
Treatment
: "The study showed that many people with migraine can consistently identify prodromal symptoms (e.g. light sensitivity, fatigue, and neck pain) that predict headache onset within 1-6 hours with 81.5% accuracy, implying that early symptom recognition = faster Treatment = mitigation of migraine attacks."
67 posts
#4
Prevention
: "The International Headache Society just released new standards for migraine Prevention!"
28 posts
#5
Brain
: "This study found that chronic migraine causes overactive Brain cells in the visual cortex (the Brain area that processes vision), and this overactivity is specifically linked to light sensitivity rather than headache pain itself."
20 posts
#6
Cgrp
: "This study showed that for migraine patients who don't respond well to their first Cgrp antibody treatment, switching to a different class of Cgrp antibody (receptor vs. ligand) resulted in significantly fewer monthly migraine days compared to going back to standard care. "
20 posts
#7
Patients
: "This study found that while Patients with high-frequency/chronic migraine had lower vitamin D levels than healthy controls, this deficiency was not correlated with headache frequency or CGRP levels. This means it may be a consequence of migraine on lifestyle rather than a cause of migraine"
18 posts
#8
Headache
: "This study found that migraine patients had distinct oral microbiome alterations compared to healthy controls, with specific bacterial genera correlating with Headache frequency. These oral microbial signatures could accurately classify migraine status using machine learning."
17 posts
#9
Neurological
: "Migraine attacks may result in mood changes. It's a symptom. No, you're not an a**hole during a migraine attack - you're dealing with a symptom. You have a disease that impacts your nervous system and that includes your brain. Personality changes are very common with Neurological disorders. "
13 posts
#10
Symptoms
: "The study showed that many people with migraine can consistently identify prodromal Symptoms (e.g. light sensitivity, fatigue, and neck pain) that predict headache onset within 1-6 hours with 81.5% accuracy, implying that early symptom recognition = faster treatment = mitigation of migraine attacks."
8 posts
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