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The Impact of Migraine Stigma & Why It Matters

March 2025, Episode 216: Migraine is a legitimate neurological disease, yet many people hesitate to seek care due to stigma….

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Impact of Migraine on Daily Life

  Welcome to NHF InSights. We are excited to kick off the inaugural episode of NHF InSights podcast with a…

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Can Migraine-Related Stigma Make Us Sicker?

October 2022, Episode 137: Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, talks to two of the investigators (Robert Shapiro MD, Ph.D.; and Dawn Buse,…

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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…

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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…

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Migraine at Work

September 2020, Episode 74: Approximately 40 million people or one in four households includes someone with migraine disease, and 85%…

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Migraine and Mental Health Awareness

May 2020, Episode 58: In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Dr. Lindsay Weitzel gets the patient perspective from The…

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June 2019, Episode 20: NHF Board member, Jill Dehlin, RN, and Lindsay Weitzel, Ph.D., discuss everything you need to know…

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Why Is There Stigma With Migraine?

May 2019, Episode 12: A discussion on stigma and migraine disease with Dr. Lindsay Weitzel and Dr. Joanna Kempner.  

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Stigma and Migraine

April 2019, Episode 11: Dr. Bill Young and Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discuss Stigma and Migraine.  

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