Women Suffer Worse Migraines Than Men. Now Scientists Think They Know Why

[Indigophoton]

Migraines are one of medicine's most frustrating mysteries, both causes and treatments. Now researchers believe they've solved one part of the puzzle: a protein affected by fluctuating estrogen levels may explain why more women suffer from migraines than men.

Migraines are the third most common illness in the world, affecting more than 1 in 10 people. Some 75 percent of sufferers are women, who also experience them more frequently and more intensely, and don't respond as well to drug treatments as men do.

At this year's Experimental Biology meeting in San Diego, researcher Emily Galloway presented new findings on the connection between the protein NHE1 and the development of migraine headaches.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/5410...raines-men-now-scientists-think-they-know-why

 

[Sly Saint]

I was a bit confused at first as when I went into 'reader view' on this link, the title of the article was
"
Women Suffer Worse Migraines Than Men. Now Scientists Think They Know Why "
but then the article that followed was about Minke Whales! Very interesting but not what I was expecting!

(I did get to the right article when I came out of reader view).