TUESDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Migraines are more common in women with multiple sclerosis (MS) than in those without the disease, new research shows.
The study looked at close to 117,000 U.S. women participating in the Nurses' Health Study II, including 18,000 who had been diagnosed with migraine at the start of the study. The women were assessed every two years over a 16-year period. Of the 375 women who developed MS during the study, 82 had been diagnosed with migraine when the study began.
The researchers determined that women with a migraine diagnosis at the start of the study were 47 percent more likely to develop MS than other women. The risk was the same regardless of age, vitamin D levels, body mass index, smoking status or where the women lived.
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