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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. In this episode, Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, talks with Susan Hutchinson, MD, about new data from the OVERCOME study, revealing how…

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 collaboration between the National Headache Foundation and Pfizer. Dive into the findings of a third-party survey, sponsored by Pfizer, that…

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, Ph.D.) on the OVERCOME study who presented stigma data at the American Headache Society Meeting related to migraine, stigma, and…

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…

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…

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 Migraine Diva, Jaime Sanders. They discuss coping with the depression and anxiety that can so often accompany chronic migraine.

Migraine and the Emergency Room

June 2019, Episode 20: NHF Board member, Jill Dehlin, RN, and Lindsay Weitzel, Ph.D., discuss everything you need to know about navigating the emergency room with migraine disease or headache disorder.

Migraine at Work

June 2019, Episode 19: Dr. Lindsay Weitzel and Mary Franklin, Executive Director of the National Headache Foundation, discuss migraine at work. Learn about exciting new resources for people negotiating employment while living with migraine disease and headache disorder.

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.

Stigma and Migraine

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