Migraine Sufferers Might Have a Reason to Be Salty

Anyone who suffers from migraine headaches can tell you that the feeling is unlike what most people experience as a headache, and that common drug therapies are often ineffective. Now, researchers from Heidelberg University in Germany might have stumbled onto an underlying factor that could provide insight into the causes of migraine. The investigators found that individuals who get migraine headaches have significantly higher concentrations of sodium in their cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) than thos