HeadWise

It's Summer! What about summertime can increase the frequency and severity of migraine and other types of head pain? What can we do about it? Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, chats with one of our favorite guests - Dawn Buse, PhD, a clinical psychologist specializing in headache, about some newly released data on migraine and weather. Plus, some tips on summer travel, ""surprisal,"" kids and summer migraine tips and more!"

Episode 168: Parenting with Migraine is a challenge particularly during the holidays with so many triggers, busy schedules, and family gatherings. Marina Medved-Lentini is the founder of the blog and social media group Parenting with Migraine. Listen in as we learn about her tips for parenting through migraine attacks and for taking care of children who have migraine. Follow Marina! Website: https://parentingwithmigraine.com Instagram: http://tinyurl.com/yyzesz45

In this month's HeadWise Monthly News Episode (June 2023) Lindsay Weitzel, PhD and headache specialist/clinical trials expert Tim Smith, MD cover four new data alerts plus something lighter-hearted for summer! What were the results of the first published head-to-head comparison of Emgality, Ajovy, and Aimovig? Do we need more studies like this? What does the latest data tell us about the possibility of taking Ubrelvy during the PRODROME phase? What are the details of the latest FDA clearance for the Nerivio device? Is there a role for intranasal ketamine in the treatment of refractory chronic migraine? What did the latest study on weather and migraine tell us?"

New Daily Persistent Headache (NDPH) is a daily, unremitting headache that comes on very suddenly. NDPH can be a particularly frustrating headache disorder as it is characteristically difficult to treat. It is also a rare headache classification that we know very little about. Alan Kaplan, Founder and President of NDPHaware is working to help us learn more. Listen as Alan and Dr. Mark Burish, board certified Neurologist and headache specialist, chat with Lindsay Weitzel, PhD about all things related to NDPH. Together Alan and Dr. Burish are not only educating us about NDPH, but they have released a survey so that we can learn more about this frustrating condition. If you have been diagnosed with NDPH please go to https://ndphaware.org/survey/ to take a survey to help us learn more."

Ketamine, it's a controversial topic, but we hear about it in the migraine community when someone is intractable and not responding to other medications. Lindsay Weitzel, PhD asks headache specialist Fred Cohen, MD all about why ketamine is so controversial, how it works, what the side effects are, how it is administered, to whom, and why.

Cat Charrett-Dykes is a migraine advocate extraordinaire, and she has the purple hair to prove it. Cat is the Founder and President of Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc., also known as CMA. Social support has played a big role for Cat both in helping her through her personal chronic migraine history, and in how she reaches out to help others through CMA. Learn about how Cat's advocacy has helped her heal, and also helped so many others.

In this week's episode of HeadWise, Dawn Buse, PhD and Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, discuss the topic of suicide ideation, migraine, and headache disorders. - What types of thoughts and signs should we be on the lookout for in ourselves and others? - What are the positive protective factors that we can build into our lives - What are some of the factors that put our community most at risk? Plus some of the ways to get help and support. Please remember the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is always available by dialing 988.

We have a new episode of HeadWise out now! In this August News Episode, Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, and Headache Specialist Dr. Tim Smith, MD, discuss new data related to: · Treatment for people with either NDPH or "persistent post-traumatic headache." · Children in families with familial hemiplegic migraine. · The effect of monoclonal antibody treatments for migraine on symptoms of "visual hypersensitivity." · Differences in hormone levels between people with and without migraine.

Do you discuss the true impact that migraine has on your life with your healthcare provider? In this week's episode of HeadWise Lindsay Weitzel, PhD discusses recent data from the OVERCOME study with one of the study's authors: headache specialist Bert Vargas, MD. This recently published data shows that many of us are not discussing the true impact of our migraine disease with our healthcare providers, and this may have an effect on our treatment plans. Listen in for this discussion on how we might improve our communication and optimize our care.

This month's HeadWise News episode has lots of new headache and migraine data! • Is there an association between "growing pains" in childhood and future migraine? • Are certain people with migraine at higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease? • What new genetic associations have been found in cluster headache? • Does cortical spreading depolarization cause migraine? • Should certain people wait longer before giving up on CGRP medications?