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News Edition October 2023

October 2023, Episode 165: News Edition October 2023 This month’s HeadWise News episode has lots of new headache and migraine data! • Is there an association between “growing pains” in childhood and future migraine? • Are certain people with migraine…

Interview With Bob Wold, Founder of Clusterbusters

March 2023, Episode 151: Don’t miss Dr. Lindsay Weitzel’s discussion with Bob Wold, the Founder and Executive Director of Clusterbusters, a nonprofit dedicated to researching and curing cluster headache while advocating to improve the lives of those suffering from this…

News Edition February 2023

March 2023, Episode 149: Is it safe to take ubrogepant and atogepant together? What is Pulmatrix? What’s new in cluster headache? What are the latest MRI findings in migraine? Are migraine triggers as numerous and as important as we think?…

Tension Headache vs Migraine

January 25, Episode 145: Tension headache or migraine? What is tension headache anyway? Those of us in the headache advocacy community often ignore tension headache. It actually plays an important role in the headache field, and there are a lot…

Alcohol and Headache

Beverages such as liquor, wine, and beer, contain a chemical called ethanol. There are a number of ways that ethanol may be triggering migraine episodes. First, ethanol is a direct vasodilator; in some individuals, vasodilation or the dilatation of blood vessels…

Light and Headache Disorders: Understanding Light Triggers and Photophobia

“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…

Liv-ing With Cluster Headache

I am a 40-year-old attorney, teacher, and wellbeing professional who continues to model, paint, and exercise…despite managing chronic cluster headache. Do what you can with what you have; you are your own best advocate.

Study Data on Psilocybin and Treatment for Migraine

January 2021, Episode 81: Researchers out of Yale just published a small study on the use of psilocybin in a group of patients with migraine. Survey data and anecdotal reports have previously shown psilocybin to be helpful in cluster headache….

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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…

October 2020 HEADFIRST Newsletter

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Devices to Treat Migraine Disease and Cluster Headache

August 2020, Episode 70: Many people like to include devices in their treatment plans because they are non-invasive and have low side-effect profiles. In this week’s episode of Heads Up, Dr. Tim Smith and Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discuss and demonstrate…

Treatment Access During a Pandemic

April 2020, Episode 52: Are you experiencing and interruption in your Botox treatment due to COVID-19 restrictions? Are you wondering what to do if you do not have access to trigger point injections or an infusion center in case your…

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