We know that migraines, which are recurrent and sometimes debilitating headaches, have some genetic basis, but the link with our DNA isn't entirely clear. Newly identified genetic variants could help in developing treatments, according to recent study.
Rare variants with large effects provide functional insights into the pathology of migraine subtypes, with and without aura.
Journal reference:
Nature Genetics DOI: 10.1038/s41588-023-01538-0
My doc as a child/teen was, bluntly, pretty shit. They put me on progressively stronger and stronger pain meds without looking for the reason for my pain. And I was a kid, you figure doctor knows what they are doing (or gave a shit about their patients) so I didn't question it. By the time I was out of the children's doc, I'd grown very distrustful of the profession, so I got that sort of 'blanket effect' (one is bad so all are bad) and didn't see a doc again until the stroke.