Migraines are truly a beast of their own. They’re unpredictable, extremely incapacitating, painfully agonizing, and are accompanied by a host of crummy symptoms like light and noise sensitivity, ...

About 20% of people with migraines experience a visual aura, or temporary changes in vision. These can show up as shimmering ...

Most people think of migraines as headaches that hurt and throb. There is, however, a less common type called the "acephalgic migraine," which means "silent migraine." What makes it more alarming is ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 84-year-old male who is very active and in good health. On a recent visit to my ophthalmologist, I described to him what I had been experiencing for the past year or so: a ...

Migraine is more than just a painful headache. For many, it comes with a set of neurological symptoms known as an aura—a sensory experience that can precede or accompany head pain. These auras often ...

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Migraine is a complex neurological disorder known for causing severe headaches. People with migraine headaches may experience nausea and sensitivity to light or sound. These episodes are known as ...

Doctors previously used the term “ocular migraine” to refer to any migraine episode with visual symptoms. Now they favor more specific terms such as retinal migraine, which features symptoms in one ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a healthy 64-year-old woman. My only medication is atenolol for blood pressure. I get the aura of migraines very often. The light flashing in my peripheral vision and then in ...

We all understand the interconnectedness of the organs in our body. If one part of the body suffers, it is likely that other parts of the body at some point will also take the burn. When it comes to ...