June is Migraine Month, and this month’s health topic highlights managing migraine headaches.

Migraines are costly to individuals, families, and companies. Whether sufferers stay at home or go to work, migraines are a largely unrecognized cause of lost workplace productivity, due to lost work time (including absenteeism, late arrival, and leaving early) and impaired job performance. Some studies suggest that migraine sufferers lose four times as many hours of work productivity a week compared to infrequent headache sufferers. Others estimate an average 25% drop in productivity during migraine episodes when people stayed at work (International Headache Congress, 2009).

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Managing Migraine Headaches