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Win a Prize by Supporting Migraine Research!

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Migraine Research Sweepstakes!

Residents of the USA have a chance this spring to support migraine research – and to win a prize at the same time!

From the 20th of May to the 9th of June 2011, the Migraine Research Foundation will be presenting sweepstakes for migraine research.  Tickets are $10 or $25.  And here’s the great thing about it – 100% of the price of those tickets goes to migraine research!

There will be a lot of prizes… and I’ve heard what some of them are!  I’ll tell you a few, if you can keep a secret.

For example, you could win a Wii!  Or an iPod Touch!  Or how about Gucci sunglasses?  There’s also a golf prize, a hotel getaway … and more … so you have lots of chances to win!

But the most important thing is to get the word out so that we can raise money for research.  Then we’ll all be winners – yes, those with migraine, friends and family, and, in fact, all of society.  So use Facebook, Twitter, your telephone, whatever – to let people know that this is a great time to give!

When the sweepstakes open, you’ll be able to enter using the link below (but now it links to a pdf file introducing the sweepstakes):

http://www.MigraineResearchFoundation.org/sweepstakes

How Do We End the Pain of Migraine? (Guest post)

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Cathy Glaser, President of the Migraine Research Foundation, was kind enough to write this note to you all.  Feel free to share it with family and friends.  Thank you so much for your support of migraine research!

How Do We End the Pain of Migraine?

The Migraine Research Foundation

Recently, I attended a lecture given by a prominent neurologist on new advances in migraine research.  Speaking to an overflow crowd, the doctor was bombarded with questions from the audience – all sufferers or family and friends of sufferers – about what can be done to end the debilitating pain of migraine.  The audience’s hunger for information was reflective of a frustrating fact of life for sufferers.  While much of the conversation about migraine centers on symptoms and treatment options, there is insufficient knowledge about the underlying causes of migraine.  Without this, how are we to end the suffering of the 36 million Americans afflicted by it?  The reason?  Migraine is one of our nation’s most overlooked, misunderstood, and under-funded illnesses.  Though migraine affects 1 in 10 – including children and a disproportionate number of women – and ranks in the top 20 of the world’s most disabling illnesses, funding for research into its causes is shockingly low.

Part of the explanation is that because migraine has no outward physical expression and is not usually life-threatening, many people don’t realize how serious and debilitating it can be.  But the consequences can be extremely severe.  In addition to living with the pain itself, many sufferers miss work, school, and social activities, and sometimes must sacrifice their careers and livelihoods.  Every 10 seconds someone goes to an emergency room with headache or migraine.  And 14 million Americans live with chronic migraine, a condition much more difficult to treat than the more common episodic migraine.  Almost everyone, it seems, either suffers from migraine or knows someone who does.

Sharing experiences about triggers and treatments is one way to provide support to sufferers, but the only way that we will ever make real progress against this scourge is through funding migraine research.  We must support scientists so that they can continue to investigate the links between hormones and migraine, the causes of pediatric migraine, the effects of medication overuse, the reasons for the transformation of episodic to chronic migraine, the role of genetics, and many other inquiries.  Migraine research has lacked for funding and support for far too long.  Only by helping research scientists discover migraine’s causes will we eventually find effective treatments that will enable sufferers to live healthy, happy, and productive lives.  But effective treatments shouldn’t be our only goal.  We must work to find ways to prevent migraine, and even to cure it.

Cathy Glaser, President
Migraine Research Foundation

Find out more about the Migraine Research Foundation here.

Migraine Research: Make a Difference

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Considering the incredible impact of migraine on individuals and society as a whole, it’s amazing how little good research is done.  Migraine may cost the economy a lot, but there’s really very little investment put toward stopping this drain on resources.

Wondering about Migraine research?

We’re talking about a loss of productivity in the workplace, missed work, and a drain on medical resources.  Why is so little being done?

While it’s important to lobby your government to fund more research, we know the reality – it’s going to be a groundswell of real people that will really make change happen.  That means you and I, regular people.

It’s going to take talking together, communication, sharing information.  We talk about that a lot here.

But it’s also going to take money.

That’s why I’m proud to announce that we’re going to start formally supporting the Migraine Research Foundation here.  And you can help!

The Migraine Research Foundation

The Migraine Research Foundation

The Migraine Research Foundation has only one purpose – to fund migraine research.  They have awarded almost US$700,000 in grants to various researchers.  It may be a drop in the bucket when it comes to migraine research, but it’s been enough to move research forward!

And these grants aren’t just awarded to anyone.  the MRF has an impressive medical advisory board, with many names that are very well known in the world of migraine treatment, research and advocacy.  This includes Dr. Fred D. Sheftell, Dr. Stephen D. Silberstein, and Dr. David W. Dodick.  The research that is funded is truly cutting-edge.

Better yet, the MRF’s overhead is already fully supported, which means that your donations all 100% go to migraine research!

Here’s What’s Going To Happen…

So here’s where we’re going to go from here.  First, you’ll notice on the right that we now have a direct link to the Migraine Research Foundation.  If you’d like to make a difference, click there to donate.  You can donate online using a major credit card, or you can call or send a check.

You don’t have to make a $1000 donation (but feel free to!) – every few dollars helps!

Second, starting this week Headache and Migraine News (this website) will begin supporting the Migraine Research Foundation financially as well as other ways.

Finally, you’ll be hearing more about the Migraine Research Foundation in the months ahead!  There are other ways you can get involved, there’s more you can learn about what the MRF is doing – stay tuned!

Migraine research has been under-appreciated and under-funded.  You and I are going to start to change all that!

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