Erenumab was not effective in reducing pain intensity in patients with trigeminal neuralgia, researchers reported in Lancet Neurology. Trigeminal neuralgia is a severe facial pain disorder that is ...

Headache diagnoses were associated with an increase in attempted and completed suicide. The study followed more than 100,000 headache patients in Denmark. Post-traumatic headache and trigeminal ...

Most of us associate pain tolerance with temporary experiences—a splitting headache or the intensity of childbirth. But for those living with Trigeminal Neuralgia, the pain doesn’t end. This chronic ...

They say laughter is the best medicine — unless it feels like a lightning bolt to the face. That’s the brutal reality for sufferers of trigeminal neuralgia, a nerve disorder so painful it’s earned a ...

A SUNCT headache manifests in moderate-to-severe bursts of throbbing, burning, or piercing pain. The headaches affect one side of the head, as well as the eye and temple area on the same side. The ...

Migraine is common, and one of the most disabling painful conditions. Migraines are initiated by a large variety of triggers that ultimately activate the trigeminal system of nerves that project to ...

For Henry Schipper, 49, of Venice, Calif., the first warning signs are mild and almost pleasant–a giddy light-headedness that evolves into what he describes as a “happy series of energetic moments.” ...

Philip R. Holland is in the Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London SE1 1UL, UK. Peter J. Goadsby is in the Wolfson ...

If you think of headaches and migraines as one and the same, you’re not alone, and you’re not completely wrong. Put simply: A migraine is a type of headache, one of the most common types according to ...