Life changes may lead to chronic headaches

Major life changes may play a role in as many as 25 percent of chronic daily headache cases that occur in otherwise healthy adult men and women, new research suggests. In the study, researchers recruited 206 men and women and assessed such major life changes as changes in work, marital status, or deaths of family or close friends. Investigators also looked at stressful situations such as financial problems or being in an abusive relationship. The researchers found that people with chronic daily headache were more likely to have experienced major life events in the two-year period prior to the onset of their headaches compared to people who only suffered headaches occasionally.  Read full story >