In a recent study, researchers looked to analyze the association of migraine that presents with visual aura with atrial fibrillation (AF) as migraines with a visual aura are associated with a ...

“If you get ocular migraines, avoid contraception containing estrogen,” she cautions. Indeed, a study in Reviews in Obstetrics & Gynecology showed that women on oral contraceptives who experience ...

When it comes to migraines, not all headaches are created the same. According to Joey Gee, D.O., neurologist with Providence Mission Hospital, approximately 15 to 25% of migraine sufferers will ...

Ocular migraine causes and triggers include reading small text, harsh lights, being tired, or not drinking enough water. Genetics is also a major cause of ocular migraines, as they tend to run in ...

A study published in the Annals of Neurology has shown that different types of aura – a common visual disturbance triggered during migraine – produce specific blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) ...

The visual changes that can accompany migraines in general can be pretty weird to experience, as anyone who’s had one will tell you (hello, that's me). But for people who experience ocular migraines, ...

The first time I experienced a migraine with aura, I was sitting in my high school physics class. I was grinding my way through a worksheet, eyelids heavy and sleep-deprived as usual, when a bright ...

June 6, 2011 (Washington, DC) — Migraine visual auras are both heterogeneous and pleomorphic, findings of a new prospective analysis of patients diagnosed as having migraine with aura (MWA) show. "Our ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Having a migraine is associated with intense pain, but there are other symptoms that can come along with ...

If you’ve ever seen shimmery spots or flashing lights, or worse, experienced blind spots, you know that random visual disturbances can be mega creepy as far as health symptoms go. When spotty vision ...

Older women who have migraines with visual disturbance — known as aura — have an increased risk of dying from heart attack and stroke, although women who suffer from other types of migraines do not, ...