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TL;DR: Across four small studies, adults with vestibular migraine, a type that causes dizzy spells, scored noticeably lower on thinking tests than healthy people, even between attacks. The review was small and could not rule out anxiety, poor sleep or medicine…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in iScience found that migraine patients with patent foramen ovale had altered plasma metabolic profiles, with lower indoleacrylic acid and an IA-plus-hs-CRP marker pair showing exploratory discrimination in a validation cohort. Key Finding…
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TL;DR: A 2026 review in Journal of Pain Research argued that G protein-coupled receptor 30 (GPR30/GPER), a membrane estrogen receptor, could help connect estrogen fluctuations with migraine biology. Key Findings Female-predominant migraine: The review notes a…
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TL;DR: A 2026 medRxiv preprint enrolled 177 adults with migraine in a 30-day smartphone study and found that daily cognition and symptom check-ins were feasible, with 3,688 completed assessments and higher baseline burden in chronic migraine. Key Findings Migr…
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TL;DR: A 2026 preprint posted to medRxiv found that adults with migraine had worse brain fog, more task forgetting, and slower smartphone cognitive-test performance on headache days, suggesting that migraine-related cognitive symptoms can be measured in daily…
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A new network meta-analysis published in Frontiers in Pharmacology provides important insights into the relative efficacy and safety of monoclonal antibodies targeting calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) for migraine prevention. This comprehensive analysis…
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