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Improving Sleep with Migraine and Painsomnia

March 2024, Episode 176: In this episode, Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, talks with headache specialist Fred Cohen, MD, about how sleep and migraine relate to each other. They discuss and answer: What is Painsomnia? Do we need sleep in order for…

Springtime With Migraine and Headache Disorders

Spring is a season of new beginnings, however, for many individuals living with migraine and other headache disorders, it’s also a season of new challenges. The change in weather can increase symptoms, and the fluctuation in barometric pressure, temperature, and…

College Students and Migraine Triggers

Migraine in college students is often caused by stress, anxiety, fatigue, and diet. The National Headache Foundation (NHF) supports college students who experience migraine and headache through Migraine University. The program provides advice on healthier lifestyle choices that can help…

Monitor Sleep, Relieve Headache

Sleep is a fickle factor when it comes to headaches. While too much or too little sleep can often spark a migraine, napping can sometimes relieve unbearable head pain. How should you manage your sleep patterns in order to control…

Depression and Headache

It is well known that the patient having a mild tension headache, which can be relieved by aspirin, is rarely seen by the physician for this condition. However, if the headache occurs daily, is present when the patient awakens, remains…

Chronic Migraine

Chronic migraine best characterizes those patients with a history of migraine who experience headache more than half the time. This condition was previously called Transformed Migraine. However, transformation requires that the sufferer recall precisely how their headaches have changed over…