Headaches are one of the most common and frustrating problems people deal with - affecting almost half the population at some point in their lives. If you get them regularly, you already know how much ...

Mr. Zeller is the author of “The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction.” “What a headache!” we might say about the stalled subway or the broken printer. It’s shorthand for life’s ...

The link between OSA and headaches is well established. “Morning headaches have long been recognized as a marker for sleep apnea,” says Avram Gold, MD, director of the sleep medicine fellowship at the ...

There’s a saying: pain begets pain. It is used in the context of physical pain, and also when someone inflicts their own psychological pain on others. On the physiological front, mounting research is ...

As kids return to school and schedules full of sports, clubs, and other extracurricular activities, some must contend with an unfortunate byproduct of their hectic schedules: headaches. Pediatric ...

Missing your morning coffee is a headache — literally. Though caffeine is often used to kick-start a day or deliver an energy boost, a sudden drop in consumption can cause painful headaches. And for ...

Science journalist Tom Zeller Jr. has suffered from debilitating cluster headaches for three decades. Like other cluster headache sufferers, his episodes would leave him unable to function, and the ...

Two decades ago, I was leaving my morning clinic at the hospital where I work when I suddenly felt an excruciating pain in my head. It was as if my skull were exploding while simultaneously being ...

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Having sex, especially with orgasm, may provide headache relief—but not for all people. In some cases, sex may trigger or worsen headaches. The benefit can vary person to person, but as long as your ...

If you are one of the 39 million Americans in the U.S. living with migraines, there’s a good chance an intense headache will begin when the weather shifts. You aren’t alone. Studies find 30% to 50% of ...