Turns out, it really is about your brain freezing — here's the biology behind this "alarm" signal.

Nothing’s quite as refreshing as a slushie or ice cream cone on a hot, humid day. But these frozen treats can sometimes trigger "brain freeze" — a sharp headache and intense mouth pain. We wanted to ...

A brain freeze is a short, intense pain behind the forehead and temples that occurs after eating something cold too fast. If ...

Scientifically known as sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, brain freeze is caused by a rapid change in blood flow to the brain's vessels when exposed to cold substances. Amaal Starling, MD, a ...

Summertime means water ice, popsicles – and ice-cream headaches. Also popularly known as brain freeze, and by the more clinical phrase cold-stimulus headache, the phenomenon is familiar to many of us.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Have you ever been enjoying an ice-cold drink on a hot summer day when your brain says: “That’s a bad idea, this is too cold”? If so, you’re not alone. The medical term for this ...