Headaches Affect Nearly 90% of Men and 95% of Women. The disability resulting from headache (for example, work absenteeism or reduced functioning at work, school or home) is the greatest dollars-and-cents cost associated with this illness. Headaches are of different variations, one of them is migraine.

A migraine may remain at a "static" level that is tolerable, as long as the patient is not physically active, such as sitting at the office, or reading at home.