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New FDA-approved options to treat migraine emerge from research, after years of underfunding

Migraines are characterized by severe head pain that pulses or throbs, often on one side of the head. Learn more about symptoms and signs of migraines, plus what causes migraines and how to get rid of a migraine.

By Christina Jewett of The New York Times If you don’t suffer from migraine headaches, you probably know at least one person who does. Nearly 40 million Americans get them — 28 million of them women and girls — making migraine the second most disabling condition in the world after low back pain. ...

This ‘woman’s disease’ doesn’t get a lot of research funding, but the medical establishment has made strides in developing new drugs and devices to combat migraine over the last five years.