Researchers plot migraine-menstruation connection

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About 31 percent of women who reported migraines in a national health survey said they experienced them during menstruation, according to an analysis by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center and Pfizer, which makes a migraine drug.

Researchers used data from the 19.8 million women who reported having been diagnosed with migraines in the 2021 U.S. National Health Interview Survey. Participants' migraines were assessed with the Migraine Disability Assessment Test, a short survey that asks about frequency and severity of migraines. All of the questions were integrated into the health survey.