If you’ve ever been halfway through your favorite frozen ice cream treat and suddenly felt that sharp zing of a brain freeze, you know it’s not fun. But apparently, it’s not enough to stop this ...

What Is Brain Freeze When Eating Ice Cream and How to Avoid It? Brain freeze, also called ice cream headache or by its scientific name, sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, is a short-lived but intense ...

Picture this: It’s a hot summer day. You scoop a generous bowlful of ice cream, then swallow that first spoonful and, out of nowhere—bam! Searing pain behind the bridge of your nose. What causes brain ...

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.