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.

Women’s Health: Oral Contraceptives and Migraine

January 2024, Episode 170: Have you ever been told you should not use oral contraceptives because you have migraine? Are you frustrated because you need oral contraceptives for medical reasons but you are concerned about the stroke risk associated with…

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News Edition January 2024

January 2024, Episode 169: Tune in to learn the answers to these questions from the brand new studies presented in this month’s episode of HeadWise News with host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD and headache specialist Tim Smith, MD • Do you…

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Interview with Marina Medved-Lentini, Founder of Parenting with Migraine

December 2023, Episode 168: Parenting with Migraine is a challenge particularly during the holidays with so many triggers, busy schedules, and family gatherings. Marina Medved-Lentini is the founder of the blog and social media group Parenting with Migraine. Listen in…

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Self-Care for People with Headache and Migraine Disorders

December 2023, Episode 167: As a person with migraine or other headache disorder do you feel that you have to try so hard to keep up with work, family life, and all the “need to do” things in life that…

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News Edition December 2023

December 2023, Episode 166: This month’s HeadWise News Episode is here! Which migraine medication was just shown to be effective in preventing menstrually related migraine? Can we use Ubrelvy to stop a migraine attack before it even starts? What is…

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News Edition October 2023

News Edition October 2023

October 2023, Episode 165: News Edition October 2023 This month’s HeadWise News episode has lots of new headache and migraine data! • Is there an association between “growing pains” in childhood and future migraine? • Are certain people with migraine…

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Interview With Cat Charrett-Dykes, Founder of Chronic Migraine Awareness

October 2023, Episode 164: Chronic Migraine Awareness Cat Charrett-Dykes is a migraine advocate extraordinaire, and she has the purple hair to prove it. Cat is the Founder and President of Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc., also known as CMA. Social support…

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Ketamine and Migraine

September 2023, Episode 163: Ketamine, it’s a controversial topic, but we hear about it in the migraine community when someone is intractable and not responding to other medications. Lindsay Weitzel, PhD asks headache specialist Fred Cohen, MD all about why…

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Suicide Ideation with Headache and Migraine Disorders

September 2023, Episode 162: Suicide Ideation In this week’s episode of HeadWise, Dawn Buse, PhD and Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, discuss the topic of suicide ideation, migraine, and headache disorders. – What types of thoughts and signs should we be on…

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News Edition August 2023

September 2023, Episode 161: News Episode August 2023 We have a new episode of HeadWise out now! In this August News Episode, Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, and Headache Specialist Dr. Tim Smith, MD, discuss new data related to: · Treatment for…

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Communication with Providers and Treatment Plans

Communication with Providers and Treatment Plans

July 2023, Episode 160: Communication with Providers and Treatment Plans Communication with Providers and Treatment Plans Do you discuss the true impact that migraine has on your life with your healthcare provider? In this week’s episode of HeadWise Lindsay Weitzel,…

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Migraine and Brain Fog–Newly Released Cognitive Data

Migraine and Brain Fog–Newly Released Cognitive Data

July 2023, Episode 159: Migraine and Brain Fog–Newly Released Cognitive Data Is “brain fog” one of your migraine symptoms? Now we have data on this frustrating phenomenon. Tune into this week’s episode of HeadWise as Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, chats with…

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