Men who suffer from migraine headaches appear to be at an increased risk for cardiovascular disease, mostly due to a higher risk of having a heart attack, researchers report.

“Migraine is not so much a risk factor, but a sort of risk marker,” added Dr. Gerald Fletcher, AHA spokesman and a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Jacksonville, Fla. “This should alert physicians and the public that this could be a problem.”

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