Headaches in women with migraine rise in perimenopause

Lower estrogen levels as women get closer to menopause trigger more headaches, research has confirmed. Investigators analyzed data from a 2006 study on migraines in women, ultimately including 3,664 females aged 35–65 years old who were divided into three different cohorts. The results indicated that frequent headaches—defined as 10 or more per month—dogged 8% of the premenopausal women, climbed to 12.2% for those in perimenopause or “transition,” and ebbed to 12% for the postmenopausal group.