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Migraine Awareness Month (USA)

by James on 15 May 2012

Next month in the USA is Migraine Awareness Month!  The idea has been founded and promoted by the National Headache Foundation. If you’re in the USA and you’d like to help the NHF continue its efforts to "encourage employers, insurers, health care providers, government agencies, and even family members to recognize migraine and other headache [...]

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Today is Fibromyalgia Awareness Day.  Actually, it’s also Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (otherwise known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) Awareness Day. Both Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS are nasty relatives of migraine.  Fibromyalgia in particular is a well-known comorbid condition with migraine.  How exactly these interact is a complicated issue. We do know that chronic headache and/or migraine conditions are very [...]

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New guidelines have just come out based on the evidence we currently have for migraine treatment.  We’ll talk about some of the guidelines in a moment, but first there are some key things to remember. Caution: Dangerous Waters Ahead! These guidelines were created by checking out the studies that have been published to date.  This [...]

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This just in from the Migraine Research Foundation:

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After I posted the review of Lily’s Mom last month, I received an email by the writer, producer, and director – Dr. Edmund Messina.  I thought you might like to hear his comments on my review: James Nicely written review. One comment: The "natural therapist" actually was a real story that a patient told me. [...]

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