It occurs when something cold (such as a food, drink or air) stimulates an area of the head and causes a headache. To get more information about this occurrence, I interviewed Dr. Mark Brown, an ...

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 freeze, this miserable spoiler ...

aka brain freeze. Eventually your body stabilizes back to 98.6 degrees. But it might take a few minutes. Because that ice cream you've barely tasted is typically served at a chilling 6 to 10 degrees.

While ice cream is my dessert of choice year-round ... flavored milkshake in freezing temperatures feels wrong — especially ...