Borkum’s migraine research cited in Daily Mail article
Recent research by Jonathan Borkum, an adjunct associate professor of psychology at the University of Maine, was cited in the Daily Mail article, “What triggers your migraines? Common culprits like coffee, chocolate and cheese may not be to blame and could actually prevent attacks.” The article focused on a study by the National Headache Foundation and Curelator Headache, a digital tool that helps migraine sufferers identify their personal triggers, protectors and to dismiss factors that they had assumed were associated with their attacks. The article cited Borkum’s study that revealed migraines have a single cause that is to blame for every symptom ranging from pain to nausea. Borkum found that a surplus of free radicals, the corrosive molecules produced by our bodies as we process oxygen, were at the root of all headaches, according to the article. The surplus creates an imbalance in the body, which is called oxidative stress, when there are not enough antioxidant defenses to fend off the free radicals, the article states. Georgia Newsday also published the article.