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Heads UP – Episode 118: Medication Overuse Treatment Strategy Trial for Migraine and Headache

April 11, 2022

Heads UP – Episode 118: Medication Overuse Treatment Strategy Trial -The idea of medication overuse and medication overuse headache can seem almost contradictory at times. It can seem like the very medicines we were instructed to take at the onset…

Case Studies in Headache: Intercranial Hypertension

January 7, 2021

By Anne H. Calhoun, M.D. Partner and co-founder of the Carolina Headache Institute, Chapel Hill, North Carolina THE CASE For the last year, Janice has had frequent headaches with nausea and vomiting. The headaches vary throughout the day, from mild…

Heads UP – Episode 72: Medical Update – VYEPTI

September 11, 2020

Medication Update – Lundebeck has issued a press release on their latest migraine medication – Vyepti. It is great news for those of us living with migraine disease. Dr. Tim Smith and Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discuss what the latest data…

Heads UP – Episode 59: Impact of COVID-19 on Clinical Trials

June 1, 2020

In celebration of Clinical Trials Week, Dr. Lindsay Weitzel talks to Dr. Tim Smith about how the current ongoing migraine clinical trials and how they have been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Will we see delays in the approval and…

Ask The Expert – Terrible headache for three nights

January 16, 2019

Question: I had a terrible headache for three nights. The first night, the pain was located across my forehead. On the third night, the pain was located on the left side of my forehead and my inner ear hurt all day long….

NHF Grant Awarded

December 12, 2018

As part of its 2018 funding cycle, the National Headache Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to fund a nationwide study conducted by Dr. Erin Buchanan of Harrisburg University of Science and Technology and Clinvest Research. The goal of the…

Survey Finds Gap in Doctor-Patient Migraine Communication

April 13, 2011

A new national survey released by the National Headache Foundation and funded by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) identified a gap in doctor-patient migraine communication, impeding both from making the most of in-office medical visits. A new national survey released by the National…

Case Studies in Headache Archive: Treating Trigeminal Neuralgia

January 20, 2011

By Edmund Messina, MD, Medical Director of the Michigan Headache Clinic in East Lansing, Michigan While headaches are typically thought to be located around the forehead or back of the head, there are types of headache that strike the face…

Case Studies in Headache Archives: Temporal Arteritis

November 2, 2010

By Robert Kunkel, MD, Consultant, Center for Headache and Pain Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH THE CASE I first saw George on March 12, 2008. He was 75 years old and had had a headache since December 12, 2007,…

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Terri

September 14, 2010

My constant daily headaches began 36-years ago and they continue. The onset was sudden and I remember the day very well with extreme pain one evening. My head has constant pressure 24/7 from the occipital area to the top of…

Case Studies in Headache Archive: Icepick Headache

March 12, 2010

“Icepick” Headache Occur in About 2% of Population By Anne Walling, M.D. Professor, Family and Community Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita THE CASE Sometimes physicians make diagnoses in the produce aisle! I bumped into Mike, one…

Case Studies in Headache Archive – A Case of "Migralepsy"

January 19, 2010

By Mark W. Green, MD, Professor of Neurology, Director of Headache and Pain Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY THE CASE A 21-year-old female consulted with me for both headaches and convulsions. She experienced headaches with light…

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