Eye on Literature: New treatment guidelines have been released for the management of acute migraine attacks and for preventing migraine headaches.

The American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians­American Society of Internal Medicine, with assistance from the American Headache Society, released the migraine treatment guidelines. Migraine headaches affect 18% of women and 6.5% of men in the United States and are a major cause of absenteeism and reduced productivity.