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.

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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NDPH Aware Survey

July 2023, Episode 158: NDPH Aware Survey New Daily Persistent Headache (NDPH) is a daily, unremitting headache that comes on very suddenly. NDPH can be a particularly frustrating headache disorder as it is characteristically difficult to treat. It is also…

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News Edition June 2023

July 2023, Episode 157: Monthly News Update June 2023 In this month’s HeadWise Monthly News Episode (June 2023) Lindsay Weitzel, PhD and headache specialist/clinical trials expert Tim Smith, MD cover four new data alerts plus something lighter-hearted for summer! What…

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Summertime, Travel, “Suprisal,” and Migraine

June 2023, Episode 156: Summertime, Travel, “Surprisal,” and Migraine It’s Summer! What about summertime can increase the frequency and severity of migraine and other types of head pain? What can we do about it? Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, chats with one of our favorite…

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Kelsey Feng: A New Voice in Advocacy

May 2023, Episode 155: A New Voice in Advocacy “Within (the migraine community) I noticed there was a need for a voice that had not been heard before…I thought maybe my voice would help.” Kelsey Feng is a dedicated migraine…

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Increase Fiber and Decrease Migraine

May 2023, Episode 154: Increase Fiber and Decrease Migraine A new paper found an inverse association between fiber intake and the occurrence of migraine and other severe headache. In this week’s episode of HeadWise, Lindsay Weitzel, Ph. D. asks board…

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HeadWise Podcast on migraine and headache news

News Edition April 2023

April 2023, Episode 153: In this Headwise News Episode, Lindsay Weitzel, Ph.D., talks to headache specialist and clinical trial expert Tim Smith, MD, about three new medication announcements plus an exciting new study linking genetic, hormone, and circadian data to…

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