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Dr. Tim Smith and Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discuss the most recent research out of Yale on the use of psilocybin for migraine. Survey data and anecdotal reports have previously shown psilocybin to be helpful in cluster headache. Why might it be helpful in treating migraine disease and cluster headache? What are the scientific, molecular, and legal reasons that it is controversial and difficult to study?

How can meditation help someone with migraine or another headache disorder? There is MRI data that actually shows meditation helping to heal the brains of people in chronic pain. Dr. Lindsay Weitzel talks to Dr. Amelia Barrett about why and how meditation helps us heal from our headache disorders, and how to ease into meditation if the pain makes it difficult for you to begin a meditative practice.

The glymphatic system is a network of vessels that clear waste from the central nervous system, mostly during sleep. Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, and Amelia Barrett, MD, discuss the glymphatic system and what role it plays in migraine, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and other headache disorders.

What contributes to the chronification of migraine? Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discusses chronic migraine with Dr. Brad Torphy in this week's episode of Heads Up. Find out what to expect once you have chronic migraine and how to avoid or correct it.

Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, welcomes Jan Lewis Brandes, MD for this special edition of Heads UP to discuss veterans' issues, post-traumatic concussion, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and the multitude of other injuries leading to migraine and headache disorders.

Have you ever noticed how woodpeckers can peck away at hard surfaces all day and never get a concussion? This is the inspiration behind a device newly approved by the FDA for the prevention of mild traumatic brain injury. It is called the Q-Collar. In this week's episode of Heads Up, Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discusses the Q-Collar with Dr. Tim Smith. Is it approved for athletes under the age of 18? Does it cause headaches? Will we need a prescription to get it? Drs. Weitzel and Smith cover all these questions.

This week's episode of Heads Up is Part II of Migraine, Headache Disorders, and the COVID Vaccine. Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discusses with Dr. Vincent Martin his experience with migraine patients after vaccination, concerns over certain migraine medicines and the vaccine, and what to take (or not take) if you experience a flare in your migraine or headache disorder after receiving the vaccine.

New data has shown that Aimovig (erenumab) is effective in treating intracranial hypertension, also known as high-pressure headache or pseudotumor cerebri. Dr. Lindsay Burgarello Weitzel and Dr. Timothy Smith discuss this exciting news for people living with this condition.

Dr. Timothy Smith and Dr. Lindsay Weitzel introduce us to a new non-invasive migraine treatment, Relivion. It is a brain neuromodulation device that has shown promise in treating migraine disease and a range of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. It offers highly effective treatment without the side effects associated with medications.

In this week's episode of Heads Up - Dr. Vince Martin and Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discuss COVID, the COVID vaccine, and migraine and headache disorders. Dr. Martin explains the headache/migraine experiences of patients who developed COVID. Find out if the COVID vaccine could have an impact on your migraine or headache disorder. For more information, please visit www.headaches.org