Key Takeaways

Nearly 1 in 3 people worldwide have a headache disorder

Women have twice the burden of headaches as men

Medication overuse contributes significantly to headache disability

THURSDAY, Nov. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Do you have regular migraine headaches? If so, you’ve got a lot of company.

Nearly 1 in every 3 people worldwide suffer from a headache disorder, affecting almost 3 billion people, researchers will report in the December issue of The Lancet Neurology .

It’s especially bad for women, who experience more than double the lifetime headache-related health problems than men, researchers found.

“Women experience significantly higher levels of headache-related disability because they have headaches more frequently and for longer durations than men,” investigator

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