Recent researches in U. S. have found that people who suffer from migraine were having double heart attack risk as compared to others.

The researchers at New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University also found those with migraines - pulsing or throbbing pain usually on one side of the head - faced a

greater risk for stroke than those without migraines. In addition, risk of cardiovascular disease such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol was more in migraine sufferers.

It was also found in the research that heart-attack risk three-fold greater in those whose migraines were accompanied by aura - additional neurological symptoms such as flashing lights.

The study, published in Neurology, suggests migraine patients may not suffer from an isolated disorder and may need to be treated for cardiovascular risks.

Dr. Richard B. Lipton, study's senior author, said in a statement. "Migraine has been viewed as a painful condition that affects quality of life, but not as a threat to people's overall health."

Lipton and colleagues asked 6,102 people with migraine and 5,243 people without migraine to complete questionnaires as part of The American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention Study - a

longitudinal, population-based study of U. S. headache sufferers.