How to Tell the Difference Between a Bad Headache and a Brain Tumor

“Headache is not a common feature of a brain tumor,” says Martin Allen Samuels, director of the program in interdisciplinary neuroscience at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. “That’s the most common misconception. Brain tumors produce neurological deficits such as changes in cognitive function, thinking abilities, language mistakes, changes in behavior. Actually, a headache is a very minor feature of brain tumors.”

  Is my headache actually eye strain?

You’ve got a headache for the third time this week, and the culprit could be anything: stress, a migraine, a burgeoning cold, or any of a hundred other things you’ve found on WebMD. But what if the pain is just coming from eye strain?

 Complete Guide to Headaches

The two main kinds of common headaches are tension-type headaches and migraines. Almost half of the population has experience with tension headaches, and one in ten get migraines, and more women — making headaches one of the top 10 most disabling conditions, and the top 5 for women. That’s a lot of aching heads.

 Is Red Wine Really the Cause of That Headache?

Our wine columnist talked to experts in the fields of headache medicine and enology in search of strategies for avoiding the dreaded RWH (Red Wine Headache)

Get headaches? Here’s five things to eat or avoid

Headaches are really common, so here are five things the research evidence indicates are worth trying to help manage or avoid them.

Botox for Migraine and Tension Headaches

Since the 1990s, there have been increasing literature that documents the efficacy of Botox for the treatment of pain states including migraine and tension type headaches.

Case of the Daily Headache

Tension headaches are the most common kind of headache, affecting about 40% of people in a given year. Yet they're also the most neglected by medical science and the least understood.

Causes Of Headaches Largely A Mystery, According To Expert

Unless your head is made of fairy floss or you're very, very lucky, chances are you know what it's like to be struck down with a killer headache. And while there are many proposed reasons as to why headaches occur -- eyesight problems, muscular tension or dehydration are all worthy examples -- the common headache is actually far more mysterious than it might first appear.

Cephalgiaphobia: When the Fear of Headaches Causes Headaches

Cephalgiaphobia is the fear of having another headache. It can occur when the patient is pain-free, but is afraid that the next headache is just around the corner. When in such a state, they often preemptively use an analgesic to try and prevent another headache, whether or not it will actually help.

Curious Kids: what is a headache? Is it our brain hurting?

The brain itself can’t sense injury, but do you know what can? The muscles and membranes that surround the brain, and the veins and arteries that run through the brain. These near-brain but not-brain things can experience things like irritation, inflammation or dehydration. If they do, your brain will interpret this information as pain that is happening inside your head, and so you experience a headache. This irritation, inflammation or dehydration could occur because you are getting sick, or have banged your head, or spent a hot day in the sun without drinking enough water.

Headache Causes: 7 Uncommon Reasons Your Head Hurts

How's your head? Most people will get a tension headache at one time or another. It’s by far the most common type, and stress is a major trigger, says Tesha Monteith, MD, a board-certified neurologist and assistant professor of clinical neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. But tension headaches are not the only game in town and stress is far from the only trigger.

How to get rid of your headache or migraine in just TWO minutes using this very unusual method

Thousands of people said the advice from YouTuber Kamil really worked, with one awe-struck admirer calling him a "wizard".

How to Treat a Headache Without Drugs

If you find yourself taking headache medication more often than you'd like, try these drug-free approaches next time a headache looms.

Ocular and visual migraines: What's the difference?

The term "migraine" usually brings to mind a severe type of headache. But visual disturbances with or without headache pain also can accompany migraine processes thought to be related to changes in blood flow in the brain.

There's A Biological Reason Why Women Get More Headaches Than Men

Throughout their lives, women are more likely than men to experience headaches. In particular, women are three times as likely as men to experience migraines, those nasty debilitating headaches that typically occur on one-side of the head and increase light and noise sensitivity, according to the U.S. National Medical Library.

What a Headache! Why Modern Life Hurts So Much

If you've ever responded to a work snafu or traffic snarl with the words, "What a headache!" you may have been speaking more literally than you realized. Stressful situations and aching heads go hand-in-hand in our lexicon — and in real life.

What causes headaches?

The most common types of chronic headaches are the migraine and tension-type varieties.

What Your Headache is Trying to Tell You

The difference between migraines, cluster, and tension headaches—plus when to see a doctor.

When Should You See A Doctor About Your Headache?

Seek out medical attention immediately if your headache is extremely painful and if it comes on suddenly and severely, which may be a sign of an aneurysm.

When to Worry About Headaches

What are the symptoms that should make you worry? •Sudden onset of a severe headache, especially one that awakens you from sleep •Onset of regular headaches starting after age 50 •Severe headache in the morning that is accompanied by vomiting...

Wine Headache? Chances Are It’s Not the Sulfites

Since the government insisted that wine labels include a “Contains Sulfites” warning, folks have been blaming the compound for their wine headaches. Very likely, finds Lettie Teague, the cause is something else.