Have you downloaded the NHF’s audio podcast, Heads UP? 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. Season 2 is dropping this coming week! The…
“Wearing sunglasses indoors is increasing your sensitivity to light.” My wife and I were floored when her headache specialist made this statement. Chronic migraine had made her so sensitive to light that she had to wear sunglasses indoors. During an attack, photophobia increased her…
I find this to be the most interesting time of year for me to be writing this particular article. This is because of the spring flowers blooming outside right now. The flowers have special meaning to me when it comes to discussing long-awaited migraine medications….
What is the Headache Disease Policy Action Network? The Headache Disease Policy Advocacy Network (HDPAN) is a new multi-stakeholder group working together to create, implement, and support advocacy and policy initiatives that benefit the headache disease community. HDPAN (pronounced head pain) was formed in early…
June is National Migraine & Headache Awareness Month (MHAM), an opportunity to raise awareness about migraine and other headache diseases. Migraine impacts forty million people in the United States, one billion people across the globe, and is recognized as the #2 cause of disability worldwide. Currently, about 16 million people with migraine…
Last week the National Headache Foundation team and many of the advocates from the migraine and headache community took part in an important annual advocacy event called Headache on the Hill. If you were not able to participate, there is still an opportunity for you…
By Cara Munez, HealthDay Anyone who gets frequent migraine symptoms knows the experience: the throbbing, the pain, the visual disturbances. Exercise has long been a potential way to reduce migraine triggers, but a new study suggests it could be especially effective with combating triggers such…
Question: I have had an excruciating headache since getting a COVID vaccine eight hours ago. The pain starts at the base of my skull and my temples feel like they are being squeezed in a vice. How long will this pain last? Is this unusual?…
What is life like with migraine during the COVID crisis? We asked a man in his mid-70s: I had successfully used preventives to control my migraine disease. But when the pandemic hit, my anxiety rose, especially considering my susceptible age group. I slept less well,…
In Episode 89 of Heads UP, 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 neuropsychiatric disorders. It…
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