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Prove to Me that Meditating is Going to Help me Overcome Migraine

By Lindsay Weitzel, PhD Host of Heads UP Podcast Founder of MigraineNation Republished courtesy of Juva Health For years, I really wanted to meditate. I wanted to be that person who peacefully sat cross-legged with her eyes closed and gathered…

Evaluating Chronic Migraine Medication Overuse Strategies

Neurology Live April 30, 2022 Marco Meglio Vincent Martin, MD, president of the National Headache Foundation, discussed the MOTS trial, a non-inferiority study aimed at understanding treatment strategies with preventives for chronic migraine. Vincent Martin, MD The Medication Overuse Treatment…

New and Emerging Migraine Medications

I find this to be the most interesting time of year for me to be writing this particular article. This is because of the spring flowers blooming outside right now. The flowers have special meaning to me when it comes…

High Flow Oxygen for Treating Cluster Headaches

By Bob Wold of Cluster Busters Cluster headaches are an excruciating pain unlike any other, so having an option to end, limit or prevent an attack is an amazing gift to a headache sufferer. One treatment is a prescription for…

How to Get and Use Oxygen to Treat Your Cluster Headaches

Guest blog by Ashley S. Hattle. You can view this and other posts on her cluster headache blog. You know you have cluster headaches. It may have taken months or years, but you finally have an official diagnosis. Hopefully, your…

CGRP: What You Need to Know

By Dr. James Banks, National Headache Foundation Board Member What is CGRP? First, some background: CGRP is the abbreviation for Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide, a protein in the brain and nervous system involved in the transmission of pain and the resultant reaction…