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Allergies at First Glance and Discovering a Life with Migraine

Believing she had a sinus headache, U.S. Army veteran, Melissa, went years self-medicating, not knowing the danger of doing so.

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Allergy and Migraine

Sinus Headache is rarely disabling and is rarely associated with nausea, light or sound sensitivity — with the exceptions being…

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Anti-Inflammatory Diet

Inflammation is the body’s response to infections, injuries, tissue damage, toxins, and other foreign and harmful substances. To fight this,…

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Anxiety

Explore the link between anxiety and migraine, how stress can influence symptoms, and strategies for effective management.

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Balancing the Homefront: Military Wife, Mother, Career, Migraine Advocate

At just 10 years old, JP was diagnosed with migraine with aura. Little did she know this would be the start of a lifelong battle with chronic migraine disease.

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Beating Yourself Up to Doing the Best You Can with Headache and Migraine

Stacey has understood the seriousness of migraine disease since childhood. While she can’t pinpoint the exact date or trigger, she remembers the pain at only 16 years old and her parents rushing her to the emergency room, desperate for answers.

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Becoming a MigrainePro: Focusing on Acute Treatment

Roger Cady, MD, founder of the Headache Care Center in Springfield, MO, discusses becoming a MigrainePro. He looks at various…

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Biofeedback and Migraine

Biofeedback is an effective protective procedure to sooth the nervous system before it responds with a migraine. At the first…

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Biofeedback Techniques

Control Functions of Autonomic Nervous System Biofeedback teaches individuals to control functions of their autonomic (involuntary) nervous system. These functions…

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Caffeine and Headache

Caffeine is a naturally occurring stimulant, found in certain foods and drinks. It is found in coffee, cola, tea and…

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Cervicogenic Headache

Wade Cooper is the Medical Director of the University of Michigan Headache and Neuropathic Pain Clinic. He is an assistant…

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Cervicogenic Headache

Learn how cervicogenic headache starts in the neck, how it differs from migraine, and which treatments may help relieve neck-related head pain.

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