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.

Advocacy and Headache on the Hill 2023

November 2022, Episode 139: What are the goals for Headache on the Hill 2023? Dr. Lindsay Weitzel asks Julienne Verdi, Executive Director of Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy, what our specific goals will be at Headache on the Hill 2023….

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News Edition November 2022

November 2022, Episode 138: Lindsay Weitzel, Ph.D. discusses the details behind a number of newly published headache/migraine studies and announcements with migraine clinical trials expert Tim Smith, MD. Did you know there is a new Phase I clinical trial of…

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Can Migraine-Related Stigma Make Us Sicker?

October 2022, Episode 137: Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, talks to two of the investigators (Robert Shapiro MD, Ph.D.; and Dawn Buse, Ph.D.) on the OVERCOME study who presented stigma data at the American Headache Society Meeting related to migraine, stigma, and…

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What Does My Gut Have to Do with My Migraine?

October 2022, Episode 136: What Does My Gut Have to Do with My Migraine? In this episode, Lindsay Weitzel, Ph.D. hears the viewpoint of Trupti Gokani, MD, Board Certified Neurologist and Ayurvedic expert, about the gut-brain axis and how our…

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News Edition October 2022

October 2022, Episode 135: Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, discusses all the latest headache and migraine-related data and publications with migraine clinical trials expert Tim Smith, MD. Tune in to hear them review the latest on COVID-related headache/NDPH, the relationship between migraine…

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Medical Gaslighting Revisted

What is Medical Gaslighting? We are thrilled to be revisiting one of our most popular podcast episodes! Do you feel you have experienced medical gaslighting? If you have migraine or another chronic pain condition, chances are you have experienced medical…

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Migraine and Stress

September 2022, Episode 134: Do you identify with stress as a migraine trigger? Or do you find it insulting when people try to tell you that your migraine disease is related to stress? Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, aims to bring us…

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Why Do I Have Migraine or Why Does My Head Hurt so Bad?

September 2022, Episode 133: Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, and Amelia Scott Barrett, MD, discuss why we get migraine and where it starts. Can we reverse course through medications, lifestyle, diet, or even our thoughts and mentality to change our migraine and…

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Screen Time and Distraction Techniques for Kids With Migraine

September 2022, Episode 132: Is there a place for screen time for kids with migraine? Many parents (and physicians) limit screen time and other stimulating factors when a child has a migraine. Sometimes children with migraine are left in dark…

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Stuck in Bed With Migraine

August 2022, Episode 131: It is normal for our thoughts to try and dip low when we are stuck in bed or in a dark room with a bad migraine. But did you know that our mood and our thoughts…

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Healthy Weight, Sugar & Migraine or Did my Doctor Just Talk About Weight in My Headache Appointment?

August 2022, Episode 130: There seems to be a lot of talk lately about doctors who brought up weight within conversations about migraine treatment. This might come across as inappropriate and insensitive when we are asking for help with our…

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New Data Shows Delay in Anti-CGRP Medication Response for Some

July 2022, Episode 129: Have you been failed by the anti-CGRP monoclonal antibody treatments? How long did you trial them before deciding they did not work? Brand new data presented at last month’s American Headache Society meeting shows that a…

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