Suffer from Migraines? Prepare to Be Depressed, Too
Aren't migraines bad enough? Now a new study has found that those who have to deal with this head-splitting headache may be more prone to depression, too. According to newswise.com, "Prevalence of depression among those with migraine is approximately twice as high as for those without the disease (men: 8.4% vs. 3.4%; women 12.4% vs. 5.7%)." The research was done at the University of Toronto. One in every seven women, compared to one in every 16 men, reporting that they had migraines. And if you're young, female and single, the odds are even worse. "Women with migraines who were younger than 30 had six times the odds of depression in comparison to sufferers who were aged 65 and over," newswise.com quotes lead author, Professor Esme Fuller-Thomson, Sandra Rotman Endowed Chair at the University of Toronto's Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. Unmarried individuals and migraine sufferers who had difficulties with daily activities also had high odd...