NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Why emotional abuse in childhood may lead to migraines in adulthood

  • Written by Gretchen Tietjen, Professor and Chair of Neurology, University of Toledo
imageMigraine image via www.shutterstock.com.

Child abuse and neglect are, sadly, more common than you might think. According to a 2011 study in JAMA Pediatrics, more than five million U.S. children experienced confirmed cases of maltreatment between 2004 and 2011. The effects of abuse can linger beyond childhood – and migraine headaches might be...

Read more: Why emotional abuse in childhood may lead to migraines in adulthood

More Articles ...

  1. What Black Lives Matter means beyond policing reform
  2. Slow death: Is the trauma of police violence killing black women?
  3. How to sell a product called democracy
  4. Is anything ever 'forgotten' online?
  5. Americans think national parks are worth US$92 billion, but we don't fund them accordingly
  6. NATO summit: Despite high public support for defense spending in Europe, discord over burden sharing emerges
  7. Why is it so hard to improve American policing?
  8. A tragic reminder that policing takes a toll on officers, too
  9. Fed's focus on 'too big to fail' won't save taxpayers from next bank bailout
  10. Freaks, geeks, norms and mores: why people use the status quo as a moral compass
  11. Should parents ask their children to apologize?
  12. Public health research reduced smoking deaths -- it could do the same for gun violence
  13. Debunking one of the biggest stereotypes about women in the gaming community
  14. There's more than practice to becoming a world-class expert
  15. What would Abraham Lincoln say to Donald Trump about religion, politics and being a 'Know Nothing'?
  16. Learning to live with wildfires: how communities can become 'fire-adapted'
  17. Can next-generation bomb 'sniffing' technology outdo dogs on explosives detection?
  18. Opioid crisis: How did we get here?
  19. Why are people starting to believe in UFOs again?
  20. Helping ex-prisoners keep out of prison: what works
  21. How video can help police – and the public
  22. Reducing water pollution with microbes and wood chips
  23. How today's crisis in Venezuela was created by Hugo Chávez's 'revolutionary' plan
  24. Is Trump right that the TPP will destroy millions of jobs and cede US sovereignty?
  25. Eid al-Fitr 2016: understanding the differences among America's Muslims
  26. American Islam: a view from the suburbs
  27. The curious history of 'Mein Kampf' in France
  28. Plate tectonics: new findings fill out the 50-year-old theory that explains Earth's landmasses
  29. Why river floodplains are key to preserving nature and biodiversity in the western US
  30. Most Americans believe we should have gun regulation. Here is why those who don’t are winning the debate.
  31. Can slower financial traders find a haven in a world of high-speed algorithms?
  32. Dr. Franklin, I presume? The founder who could have been our founding physician
  33. Fading hope: why the youth of the Arab Spring are still unemployed
  34. Playing a science-based video game? It might be all wrong
  35. Where are new college grads going to find jobs?
  36. Early-onset Alzheimer's: should you worry?
  37. Explaining the Istanbul bombing: Turkey's six foreign policy sins
  38. Green and cool roofs provide relief for hot cities, but should be sited carefully
  39. Is there life after debt for Puerto Rico?
  40. How social media can distort and misinform when communicating science
  41. Concussions and kids: know the signs
  42. How TV dating shows helped change love and marriage in China forever
  43. Bikini islanders still deal with fallout of US nuclear tests, 70 years later
  44. Whatever the soul is, its existence can't be proved or disproved by natural science
  45. Early days of internet offer lessons for boosting 3D printing
  46. Can outsiders help Venezuela in the midst of crisis, again?
  47. Is it time to eliminate tenure for professors?
  48. Why Iran's anti-American hardliners want to buy US-made Boeings for Iran Air
  49. Criminal injustice: Wounds from incarceration that never heal
  50. Thorny technical questions remain for net neutrality