If you have not yet heard of Aimovig, it’s a new preventative migraine treatment option for adults. I am trying it, and feeling hopeful.

If you have not yet heard of Aimovig, it’s a new preventative migraine treatment option for adults. I am trying it, and feeling hopeful.

If you have not yet heard of Aimovig, it’s a new preventative migraine treatment option for adults. I am trying it, and feeling hopeful.

I Lost My Light and It Could Have Lost Me Everything Red, puffy eyes. Swollen runny nose. Frustration, anger, grief, and sadness so intertwined that separating the emotions was impossible.  And the pain; always the pain, unrelenting and never ending, an ache in my head and in my heart that would not go away until I was dead. Symptoms of

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Telemedicine for Migraine Patients More than 39 million Americans suffer from migraine. For me, my migraine attacks started in childhood and unfortunately continued into my adult life, causing not only pain and fatigue but also tremendous frustration about the options for medical treatment and care. In fact, it took years for me to get a correct diagnosis. I felt tremendous

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  There are several ways to think about migraine and its relationship to stroke. Migraine is a disease that affects the nerves in our body, as well as the blood vessels. More specifically, it affects the arteries or the blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the rest of our body. There are two important relationships between migraine

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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Super-Responder: A Story of Life After Aimovig  I sat staring at my phone, anxiously hitting the refresh button. The FDA was slated to announce their approval of Amgen’s new migraine prevention drug sometime today and the sun was beginning to set. As darkness began to fall, my heart began to beat faster.

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I remember my reaction when someone would suggest a natural remedy for my debilitating migraine disease. “They were one of those people who thought a migraine is just a headache,” I would quickly assume. They clearly had no idea on just how debilitating migraine can be – the sensitivity to every light and sound, nausea and vomiting, and the pain.

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When we first become moms we face all sorts of new challenges and changes. Those of us managing migraines have an extra challenge.

Scientific evidence supports the positive role of physical activity in the management of migraine.

When we first become moms we face all sorts of new challenges and changes. Those of us managing migraines have an extra challenge.

When I got to college it seemed as if everyone around me was anxious. I was convinced that everyone was being dramatic. Then one day it hit.

2018 has arguably been one of the most transformative years in migraine, from revolutionary treatments to worldwide awareness. Here’s a recap!

For many of us, fewer migraines is a hopeful New Year’s Resolution. Here are some strategies to help you overcome your migraine disease.

We’ve asked people with migraine what gifts they’d love to receive this holiday, plus the gifts you should avoid at all costs. Here’s what they said.

Are you finding yourself struggling with the idea of your migraine disorder vs. your career? It has crushed me to. Here’s how I’ve coped.

If you have not yet heard of Aimovig, it’s a new preventative migraine treatment option for adults. I am trying it, and feeling hopeful.

Have you felt let down by the ER? Here’s a bit more detail on how I feel that the ER is missing the boat for me, as a migraine sufferer.

Professor Lyn Griffiths Executive Director, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Conclusion: Dr. Griffiths has tested a quicker, more cost-effective genetic identification methodology, called Next Generation Sequencing(NGS). The utilization of the NGS methodology has proven successful in identifying individuals with the FHM mutation, and has proven to be 100% consistent with the older (Sanger) methodology. The

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I glanced at the unfamiliar things on my bed: a vaporizer, a grinder, a spoon, and two containers of marijuana. How did I end up here?

Cognitive strategies to enhance headache sufferers’ ability to engage in behaviors that enhance their self-management of headaches.