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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…

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Get Moving: Exercise Can Help Curb Migraine Attacks

By Cara Munez, HealthDay Anyone who gets frequent migraine symptoms knows the experience: the throbbing, the pain, the visual disturbances. Exercise has long been a potential way to reduce migraine triggers, but a new study suggests it could be especially…

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Mindfulness and Migraine

Introduction Full disclosure: I have had migraines for 55 years. I progressed from episodic to chronic in my late forties. While I have been on many types of preventive and abortive medications and have tried several complementary and alternative treatments,…

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January 2021 HEADFIRST Newsletter

NHF- January 2021 Newsletter https://headaches.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/NHF-January-2021-Newsletter.pdf

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Migraine for Yoga

July 2020, Episode 67: Does yoga help your migraine disorder? Has it ever made it worse? A recent study published in Neurology showed that yoga can decrease the frequency and severity of migraine attacks when it is used as part…

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June 2020 HEADFIRST Newsletter

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Resilience and Migraine Disease

May 2020, Episode 57: Happy Mental Health Awareness Month! Resilience is one of the key components to living a successful life with migraine disease and other headache disorders. In honor of this special month, Dr. Lindsay Weitzel and Headache Psychologist…

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Retreat Migraine With CHAMP

October 2019, Episode 32: Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discusses Retreat Migraine 2020 with Eileen Brewer and Kevin Lenaburg from CHAMP – Coalition For Headache And Migraine Patients.

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