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Occasional updates of interesting news
The Pill: consigning the 7-day pill-free interval to history
The combined oral contraceptive pill (the Pill) is one of the most popular methods of contraception and is also very effective for the management...
Genetics of menstrual migraine
As part of our ongoing collaboration with the geneticist Professor Lyn Griffiths in Australia we continue to look at the genetics of menstrual...
The Global Burden of Migraine
Why is migraine not recognised as a serious disorder? Results from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study, the most comprehensive worldwide...
Debunking myths: food and migraine
From self-help guides for migraine to textbooks of neurology – all cite food as a trigger for migraine. The major culprits reported as headache...
Debunking myths: migraine is psychological
Women are frequently told that they get migraine because of stress or emotion. Much of the myth links to the meaning of the terms used to...
Menstrual Migraine Genetics Study: wins Enrico Greppi Award!
A further thanks to everyone who participated in this study and to Merck & Co., the Migraine Trust and the Australian Government who provided...
Menstrual migraine: not just estrogen ‘withdrawal’
Estrogen ‘withdrawal’ - the fall in estrogen levels around the time of menstruation and during the pill-free week of the combined contraceptive...
Menstrual Migraine Genetics Study: Results!
A big thank you to all those who participated in the menstrual migraine genetics study before I left the City of London Migraine Clinic. My...