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It can be tricky to pinpoint the cause of pain at the base of your skull, the area behind your ears where your head and neck ...

The NHS undertakes 1,000 surgical procedures a year to cure trigeminal neuralgia, a nerve condition causing severe facial pain that affects 60,000 people in Britain. Here, solicitor Tristan Hallam ...

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO A headache in the back of the head, also known as an occipital headache, can stem from various causes. Common culprits include tension headaches, migraines, and ...

That troublesome headache might not be a migraine or brought on by tension. It could be caused by sinus trouble, said doctors at Baylor College of Medicine. “Our sinuses are air-filled spaces in our ...