Stanford Medicine May 8 2026 They've been described as "brain on fire" or "an ice pick through the head." Migraine headaches affect more than one in 10 Americans, and they're so much worse than a regular headache. As described by those who live with them, migraine headaches are intensely painful and are often accompanied by other debilitating symptoms such as nausea, visual disturbances, and sensitivity to light and noise. These attacks can be incapacitating - migraine headaches are one of the