HeadWise Podcast

Have you downloaded the NHF’s audio podcast, HeadWise™? Don’t miss Dr. Lindsay Weitzel’s informative discussions with headache experts on the latest treatment, research, lifestyle recommendations, and personal stories about living with migraine disease and headache disorders.

HeadWise can be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. Our video version of HeadWise is available on our website, YouTube, and our Facebook page. Subscribe to our YouTube channel here.

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Migraine and the COVID Vaccine

April 2021, Episode 91: This week’s episode of Heads Up is Part 2 of Migraine, Headache Disorders, and the COVID Vaccine. Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discusses with Dr. Vincent Martin his experience with migraine patients after vaccination, concerns over certain migraine…

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What To Do When People Don’t Understand Your Disease

March 2021, Episode 90: Do you have people in your life who simply do not understand your migraine or headache disorder? These people can be family members, friends, work colleagues, or even your boss. Dr. Dawn Buse and Dr. Lindsay…

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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…

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Heads UP - Episode 88: Intracranial Hypertension and Aimovig (Erenumab)

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…

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Update – Migraine Disease, Headache Disorders and COVID

Update – Migraine Disease, Headache Disorders and COVID

February 2021, Episode 87: Dr. Vince Martin and Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discuss COVID, the COVID vaccine, and migraine and headache disorders. Dr. Martin explains the headache/migraine experiences of patients who developed COVID. Find out if the COVID vaccine could have…

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COVID, Migraine and Adolescents

COVID, Migraine and Adolescents

February 2021, Episode 86: Teens and adolescents with migraine disease and chronic headache conditions have unique and significant stressors even under the best of circumstances. COVID has presented new conditions for this group, both positives and negative. In this episode…

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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…

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Ménière’s Disease and Migraine

January 2021, Episode 84: British singer Jessie J woke up on Christmas Eve suffering from vertigo and experiencing a significant hearing loss. The 32-year-old singer was diagnosed with Meniere’s disease. Dr. Lindsay Weitzel and Dr. Vincent Martin explain Meniere’s disease…

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Certificate of Added Qualification in Headache Medicine (AQH)

January 2021, Episode 83: Dr. Lindsay Weitzel and Dr. Timothy Smith discuss the National Headache Foundation’s Certificate of Added Qualification in Headache Medicine (AQH). The program was started in 2000 in direct response to requests from people living with migraine…

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Resolutions and Goal Setting

January 2021, Episode 82: Dr. Lindsay Weitzel and Dr. Dawn Buse discuss the best practices for making resolutions and the challenges of goal setting when you live with chronic migraine and headache disorders.

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Study Data on Psilocybin and Treatment for Migraine

January 2021, Episode 81: Researchers out of Yale just published a small study on the use of psilocybin in a group of patients with migraine. Survey data and anecdotal reports have previously shown psilocybin to be helpful in cluster headache….

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Disability Benefits and Headache Disorders

December 2020, Episode 2020: Have you tried to get social security disability benefits for migraine or headache disorders? If so, you know how difficult and frustrating the process is for people living with migraine disease and headache disorders. Don’t miss…

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