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Do not take for granted the headaches or we would call migraine. A new study shows people who suffer from migraine tend to have a heart attack. Heart attacks in people who suffer from migraines almost doubled in number than those who do not suffer the pain, as reported by Dr. Richard B. Lipton, a professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City.

The study was conducted by comparing 6102 with 5243 migraine sufferers who do not suffer from migraine. The results showed 4.1 percent of migraine sufferers had a heart attack and only 1.9 percent of people who do not suffer a heart attack migraine.

Previous research has also found a direct relationship between migraine and cardiovascular problems including heart problems and stroke, especially in female patients. One study conducted on female patients showed an increase in the number of strokes in their patients who suffer migraine with visual impairments, called an aura. In this case, the number of female patients is four times greater than men.

Migraine sufferers tend to have the classic risk of heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular problems, such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.