

HeadWise
National Headache Foundation
A podcast about the latest news on migraine disease and headache disorders.
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Mar 15, 2024 • 12min
Smart Devices and Migraine
Can some of the new smart devices on the market actually help us improve the severity of our migraine disease?
Tune in to this week's episode of HeadWise as Lindsay Weitzel, PhD asks board certified neurologist Amelia Barrett, MD to explain how using smart devices to track things like our heart rate variability and sleep patterns can help give us the upper hand against migraine. Once we start tracking these parameters what can we do to improve them? Dr. Barrett tells us how she guides her patients to real results.

Mar 15, 2024 • 25min
Improving Sleep with Migraine and Painsomnia
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 our migraine disease to improve? What can we do to improve our sleep when we have migraine? What sleep disorders are associated with migraine? Who can help us with all this?

Mar 1, 2024 • 13min
Headache and Migraine News, February 2024
In this month's HeadWise news episode host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD goes over the latest headache-related research findings with headache specialist Tim Smith, MD.
Is screen time really related to headache in kids?
What's the latest on the relationship between caffeine and migraine?
Are we any closer to predicting who will and will not respond to anti-CGRP monoclonal antibody medications?
Are migraine and hot flashes related to stroke risk in women?
Tune in!

Feb 23, 2024 • 37min
How Can a Pain Psychologist Help Me with My Migraine or Other Headache Disorder?
How can people with chronic migraine or other debilitating headache conditions benefit from a pain psychologist?
In this week's episode of HeadWise, Lindsay Weitzel, PhD asks Dawn Buse, PhD, pain psychologist specializing in headache, to lift the veil on some of the services provided by pain psychologists and how they are proven to help us with our migraine and other headache disorders.

Feb 16, 2024 • 14min
Migraine Chronification
What is Migraine Chronification and why should we be paying close attention to this? In this episode of #HeadWise Lindsay Weitzel, PhD asks board certified neurologist Amelia Barrett, MD all about how and why our migraine attacks become more frequent if they are not well controlled. Did you know there are actual structural changes in our brains as we progress from episodic to chronic migraine? Tune in!

Feb 9, 2024 • 8min
Silent Migraine
What is migraine aura without headache, also known as silent migraine? Silent migraine presents with migraine symptoms such visual, speech, or sensory disturbances, but is not accompanied by headache.
Tune in to this episode of #HeadWise as host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD covers all things silent migraine with headache specialist Hope O'Brien, MD and answer questions like:
- How is silent migraine diagnosed?
- Is the aura always visual during a silent migraine attack?
- Can it be debilitating even though it is not painful?
Follow the National Headache Foundation's podcast HeadWise, as host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, has informative discussions with headache experts on the latest treatment, research, lifestyle recommendations, and personal stories about living with migraine disease and headache disorders. HeadWise can be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Feb 2, 2024 • 14min
Fibromyalgia as a Migraine Comorbidity
Did you know that up to 30% of people with migraine also have fibromyalgia? Fibromyalgia is a disorder known to cause pain throughout the body, fatigue, and issues with sleep, memory, and mood.
Tune in to this week's episode of HeadWise as host Lindsay Weitzel, Phd asks headache specialist Vince Martin, MD why these two disorders occur together, how best to treat them, which doctors to see, and more.

Jan 26, 2024 • 16min
Women's Health: Oral Contraceptives and Migraine
Have you ever been told you should not use oral contraceptives because you have migraine? Are you frustrated because you need oral contraceptives for medical reasons but you are concerned about the stroke risk associated with estrogen in women who have a history of migraine? Tune in to this episode of HeadWise as host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD asks headache specialist Hope O'Brien, MD to address all the difficult and controversial dilemmas surrounding oral contraceptives and migraine.

Jan 19, 2024 • 19min
News Edition January 2024
Tune in to learn the answers to these questions from the brand new studies presented in this month's episode of HeadWise News with host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD and headache specialist Tim Smith, MD.
• Do you experience pain, photosensitivity, redness, or other eye symptoms with your migraine attacks and find it hard to believe that nothing is physically occurring in your eye? A recent study found some interesting changes in the eye during a migraine attack.
• What is the long-term effectiveness of occipital nerve stimulation for people with chronic cluster headache?
• What is mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and what does it do for people with migraine?
• How important is "number of monthly headache days" in determining quality of life? How is this impacted by things like depression, anxiety, and allodynia? The answer might surprise you - tune in!

Jan 5, 2024 • 8min
Headache on the Hill
The National Headache Foundation presents the second episode of Heads Up. Dr. Lindsay Weitzel interviews Dr. Robert Shapiro about Headache on the Hill.


