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Get Moving: Exercise Can Help Curb Migraine Attacks

By Cara Munez, HealthDay Anyone who gets frequent migraine symptoms knows the experience: the throbbing, the pain, the visual disturbances. Exercise has long been a potential way to reduce migraine triggers, but a new study suggests it could be especially…

Mindfulness and Migraine

Introduction Full disclosure: I have had migraines for 55 years. I progressed from episodic to chronic in my late forties. While I have been on many types of preventive and abortive medications and have tried several complementary and alternative treatments,…

Relivion Neuromodulation Device For Migraine Treatment

March 2021, Episode 89: Dr. Timothy Smith and Dr. Lindsay Weitzel introduce us to a new non-invasive migraine treatment, Relivio. It is a brain neuromodulation device that has shown promise in treating migraine disease and a range of neurological and…

February 2021 HEADFIRST Newsletter

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Intracranial Hypertension and Aimovig (Erenumab)

March 2021, Episode 88: New data has shown that Aimovig (erenumab) is effective in treating intracranial hypertension, also known as high-pressure headache or pseudotumor cerebri. Dr. Lindsay Burgarello Weitzel and Dr. Timothy Smith discuss this exciting news for people living…

Carl Cincinnato Picks 3 With The NHF

Carl Cincinnato joins us for “Pick 3 With The NHF”, an interview series where we ask three questions of patient advocates, healthcare providers, supporters, and people living with migraine disease and headache disorders. Carl is the founder and co-host of…

Rachel’s Story of Living with Chronic Migraine

Since the age of 18 I have had daily migraines that now range from a pain level of 3 to 5. Ive tried everything. Need help to try to fix my suffering from chronic daily migraines.

Mary Franklin Picks 3 With The NHF

Introducing “Pick 3 With The NHF”, an interview series where we will be asking three questions of patient advocates, healthcare providers, supporters, and people living with migraine disease and headache disorders. Mary Franklin was the Executive Director of the National…

Jane Schapiro

I wrote this poem to try to put my migraine experience into language. Pain can erase one’s whole world. One yearns only for relief. After pain, I sometimes experience what Oliver Sacks described as a post-migraine euphoria: an overwhelming sense of ease and contentment. My neighbor’s yard is filled with azaleas. Most of the year it is a tangled mess of shrubs but when it blooms, it’s gorgeous. My post-migraine euphoria feels like the azaleas in bloom. But is the euphoria worth the pain?

Sean’s Hope for College Accommodations

Misunderstanding of headache causes, treatment availability, and the need for mitigation by providing clean air in educational settings – A Personal Journey into post-secondary education

Nerivio for Adolescents

February 2021, Episode 85: Dr. Lindsay Weitzel and Dr. Timothy Smith discuss the FDA’s recent approval of Nerivio for use in children older than 12 years of age. Nerivio is a smartphone-controlled wearable device used for the acute treatment of…

The Three Es of Migraine Advocacy by Ronetta Stokes

My 3 E’s of Advocacy

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