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Migraines & headaches health centre

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Overview & facts

When is a headache a migraine? How can you tell? Take the first steps towards finding relief for you or your child.   

What is a migraine?

Get basic information for managing various types of chronic headaches.  

Children’s headaches occur for the same reasons adults get headaches. See how they are evaluated and diagnosed in children and adolescents.

Get answers to frequent concerns about headaches and migraines. Read about the role of caffeine and pain relievers as causes of headaches.

Causes

Find out about some common migraine and headache triggers and tips to avoid them.

Improved sleeping habits can reduce migraine headaches. Find out how.

Are you at risk?

Stress can lead to health risks. Learn about the stress-headache link, what it means to you and how to manage stress.

Exercise and sex may seem like strange bedfellows, but both can trigger headaches.

Is dinner causing dismal migraines? Learn what to avoid and get tips on controlling migraine food triggers.

If you’re sensitive, smoking and secondhand smoke can ignite frequent and sometimes severe headaches.

Caffeine can serve as a treatment for headaches or cause caffeine headaches from withdrawal. Find out how.

Prevention

Learn how to prevent migraines and headaches by managing stress.

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