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.

Food Allergies, Sensitivities, and Migraine Triggers

August 2024, Episode 194: What is the difference between a food sensitivity, food allergy, and a migraine trigger? What are some of the best (and newest) ways to determine what foods could be making our migraine or other head pain…

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Trigeminal Neuralgia: Symptoms, Causes, and Effective Treatments

August 2024, Episode 193: Trigeminal neuralgia is described as a sharp, shooting, disabling pain. Who gets it and why? What can be done about it? Does the pain of trigeminal neuralgia usually improve? Tune in to this episode of HeadWise…

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Leaky Gut – How Inflammation Can Impact Migraine and What You Can Do

August 2024, Episode 192: What is leaky gut and what does it have to do with migraine?  Is there evidence that taking probiotics/prebiotics can decrease the severity of our migraine disease? In this week’s episode of HeadWise Lindsay Weitzel, PhD…

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Discussing Functional Neurological Disorder and Migraine

July 2024, Episode 191:  Have you heard of functional neurological disorder or FND? FND can be a confusing, controversial, even triggering topic for many of us in the migraine and headache community – particularly those of us who have been…

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Headache and Migraine News, July 2024

July 2024, Episode 190: In this month’s episode of HeadWise News, host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD discusses the latest published research topics with headache specialist Tim Smith, MD including: • What factors predict peak migraine severity? • Mom’s migraine and mental…

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Migraine Supplements

July 2024, Episode 189: Host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, and board certified neurologist Amelia Barrett, MD, discuss what supplements are known to help migraine. They explain why they work, the recommended dosage, and safety concerns. Tune in! Episode Transcript

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What is Complex Migraine?

July 2024, Episode 188: Have you heard the term “Complex Migraine”? Did you know that it is not an actual diagnosis in the ICHD-3? In this episode of HeadWise, host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD asks headache specialist Fred Cohen, MD to…

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PACAP and Migraine

June 2024, Episode 187: What is Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide, also known as PACAP, and how does it affect migraine? Host Lindsay Weitzel discusses PACAP and its relationship with migraine with Professor of Molecular Physiology, Biophysics, and Neurology, Andrew Russo….

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Burnout From Migraine and Headache Disorders

June 2024, Episode 186: Have you ever felt like you might be experiencing burnout from migraine disease or another headache disorder? In this week’s episode of #HeadWise Lindsay Weitzel, PhD talks to pain psychologist Dawn Buse, PhD about burnout related…

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The Vagus Nerve and Its Impact on Migraine and Headache

June 2024, Episode 185: Why is everyone talking about the vagus nerve? What does it do? How is it related to migraine and cluster headache? Is it related to other types of chronic pain? Tune in to this episode of…

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How “Caring For Women With Migraine Benefits Everyone”

May 2024 Episode 184: In this episode of HeadWise host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD asks headache psychologist Dawn Buse, PhD, about her impactful acceptance speech for the Women’s Health Science Award from the American Headache Society titled “Caring for Women with…

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Fibromyalgia as a Migraine Comorbidity Part 2

May 2024, Episode 183: Host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, asks headache specialist Vince Martin, MD, to address the questions from our audience members after our recent episode titled: Fibromyalgia as a Migraine Comorbidity. Found here: https://headaches.org/fibromyalgia-as-a-migraine-comorbidity/ Why do we get cognitive…

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