(MedPage Today) -- The combination of migraine and depression has been linked to lower brain volumes in older age, a population-based study showed, but clinical implications remain unclear.

MINNEAPOLIS – Older people with a history of migraines and depression may have smaller brain tissue volumes than people with only one or neither of the conditions, according to a new study in the May 22, 2013, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) -- Intravenous baclofen can effectively combat migraine and muscle spasm pain, researchers found.

The FDA is warning physicians that women who suffer migraine headaches and are pregnant or may become pregnant should not use the drugs valproate or valproic acid to prevent the severe headaches.    

(MedPage Today) -- The triptans, most experts agree, are the go-to drugs for frequent or serious migraines in pregnancy.