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Know Your Rights! Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Migraine

May 2022, Episode 121: Are you aware of your rights as a person with migraine, cluster, or another debilitating headache condition when it comes to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)? What is the process? How much time is…

Talking to Your Health Care Provider About Migraine

March 2022, Episode 117: This week’s episode of Heads UP is on How to Talk to Your Health Care Provider About Migraine. This episode has something for everyone. Are you someone who has head pain that is interfering with your…

Advocacy and Your Wellness Plan

November 2021, Episode 107: Can Advocacy be part of your wellness plan? What if you are currently not healthy enough to be an advocate? What does advocacy mean to you and what is the path to migraine, headache, or chronic…

What To Do When People Don’t Understand Your Disease

March 2021, Episode 90: Do you have people in your life who simply do not understand your migraine or headache disorder? These people can be family members, friends, work colleagues, or even your boss. Dr. Dawn Buse and Dr. Lindsay…

The Three Es of Migraine Advocacy by Ronetta Stokes

My 3 E’s of Advocacy

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Disability Benefits and Headache Disorders

December 2020, Episode 2020: Have you tried to get social security disability benefits for migraine or headache disorders? If so, you know how difficult and frustrating the process is for people living with migraine disease and headache disorders. Don’t miss…

Migraine Stigma, Disability, and Workplace Discrimination

October 2020, Episode 76: Dr. Robert Shapiro talks to Dr. Lindsay Weitzel about the stigma and workplace discrimination experienced by people with migraine and other headache disorders. Do you know what the “legitimacy deficit” is in reference to migraine? Have…

Migraine at Work

September 2020, Episode 74: Approximately 40 million people or one in four households includes someone with migraine disease, and 85% of people with the disease are women. Despite the prevalence of the disease, lack of education and awareness often leads…

Finding Myself with Migraine – Shoshana Lipson’s Story

People often look back on childhood memories with fondness – trips with family; playing with a puppy; long, hot summer days spent outdoors. For me, it is a slightly different story. One of my earliest childhood memories is of severe…

A Call to Action to Achieve Equity in Headache Medicine

July 2020, Episode 64: Discover the importance of having your voice be heard. Dr. Lindsay Weitzel and Dr. Larry Charleston IV, discuss a timely Request for Information (RFI) from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) on the…

Calming My Storm – Aanya’s Story

The ironic tragedy of neurological disorders is that the human brain fails to comprehend itself. Unfortunately in the case of migraine disease, there has historically been a limited understanding of the underlying pathology of the disease. Even in the cases…

2020 Headache Heroes Award Winners

2020 Headache Heroes Award Winners Healthcare Provider Winner: Dr. Stephen Herzog Patient Winner: Danielle Fancher Caregiver Winner: Dennis Rotondi Advocate Winner: Eileen Brewer To celebrate the National Headache Foundation’s 50th anniversary, we wanted to recognize four Headache Heroes who have made a difference…

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