Social Stigma For Migraine Sufferers Similar To That Experienced By People With Epilepsy: Study

People who suffer from migraines may suffer the same level of social stigma experienced by people with epilepsy, according to a new study. "I don't think people realize that it is not unusual for people with migraine to have severe headaches every day -- to be so disabled that they are unable to work," study researcher Dr. William B. Young, M.D., a neurologist at the Headache Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, said in a statement. "This is what causes the stigma -- the fact that peo...