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Early puberty in girls may be big bang theory for migraine By Dr. Osei Boaitey, Institute Of Qualitative Methodology University of Alberta, Canada Listen to article Adolescent girls who reach puberty at an earlier age may also have a greater chance of developing migraine headaches, according to new research from investigators at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine. We know that the percentage of girls and boys who have migraine is pretty much the same until menstruation begins, says Vincent Martin, MD, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and director of the Headache and Facial Pain Center at the UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute. When the menstrual period starts in girls, the prevalence goes way up, but what our data suggests is that it occurs even before that.

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