If you have ever suffered a migraine you know the excruciating
pain that sometimes feels like your brain is about to explode.
But now researchers have discovered that migraines don't appear
to cause any impairment of cognitive abilities. The study
focused on the effects of migraines on women, since one in five
suffer the massive headaches (compared with about 10% of men).
But Medical Net says while previous studies have suggested there
could be an increased risk of stroke and structural brain
lesions, the new research from Boston's Brigham and Women's
Hospital (BWH), migraines are not associated with cognitive
decline. Dr. Pamela Rist, lead author of the study tells Medical
Net, "Previous studies on migraines and cognitive decline were
small and unable to identify a link between the two. Our study
was large enough to draw the conclusion that migraines, while
painful, are not strongly linked to cognitive decline." This
study, published online by the British Medical Journal (BMJ),
analysed data from 6,349 women