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Women and migraines

Posted on January 18, 2008

Rev. Unnia PettusBy Val WillinghamMedical ProducerThe Rev. Unnia Pettus is a busy woman. As a domestic violence counselor, a college instructor and a practicing minister, the last thing Pettus needs is a migraine. Unfortunately, she suffers from them all the time, sometimes three or four times a week.Physicians find migraines are three times more common in women then in men. Many women experience migraines after they start their menstrual cycles. As they age, the pain becomes more intense and more frequent. Patients sort of run into a chronic daily headache, so that they are having headaches ...

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cluster headaches , headaches , menopause