Articles related to MIGRAINES/HEADACHES

Late-breaking sessions at AAN 2026 spanned rare disease, migraine prevention, epilepsy, FTD, MS, early Alzheimer’s, neuropathic pain, and stiff person syndrome, with mixed signals across disease-modifying and symptomatic therapies.

Stroke incidence is rising in women under 45, with attention turning to non-traditional risk factors including handheld percussive devices, sexual strangulation, migraine with aura, peripartum vascular changes, and early menopause.

Based on the researchers’ series, patients who develop VS after an inciting event or related to an underlying comorbidity may have a better prognosis than those in whom it develops spontaneously.

“The more frequently the brain is exposed to migraine attacks, the more likely it is to become sensitized…early intervention is critical.” – Dr. Andrew Blumenfeld, Director of the San Diego Headache Center and The Los Angeles Headache Center San Diego/Los Angeles.

“The first thing that should come to mind as a clinician when evaluating headache in the ER is the SNOOP criteria. This will help you assess for potential red flags in a patient with a headache.”

What began as a seemingly routine migraine case quickly unraveled into a devastating example of how fear, misinformation, and delayed care can transform a curable condition into a terminal diagnosis.