Within the period of only a few months, we have been challenged by profoundly stressful events that have influenced virtually every aspect of our day-to-day lives. The COVID-19 pandemic and the recent civil unrest have produced a pervasive sense of unease. The stress accompanying that unease impairs our ability to cope gracefully and healthfully with whatever obstacles we must face.
Read MoreFor many of us, one of the consequences of the ongoing pandemic and associated "social distancing" has been a heightened appreciation of those merchants who continue to supply both our basic needs and those welcome extras that inject a bit of spice into day-to-day life. This would seem to be an especially good time to express gratitude to at least some of those merchants.
Read MoreThe healthcare providers associated with the George Washington University Department of Neurology and its Headache Center have continued to see patients throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreDownload and complete this headache questionnaire prior to visiting your doctor if you want to get the most out of your visit.
Read MoreTo assist in preparing for your first visit, review “Your First Visit to the Doctor: Maximizing the Benefit” in the Spring 2018 issue of this magazine.
In addition, we have a modified version of the new patient questionnaire that we utilize at the GW headache Center. Click below to download the form for your visit.
There is currently occurring nothing short of a revolution in migraine therapeutics. Little had emerged in the way of new migraine medications since onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox) became available for the treatment of chronic migraine in 2010. Suddenly, starting with the appearance of erenumab (Aimovig) in May 2018, new therapies for migraine prevention and acute migraine treatment have been dropping in our laps like eggs from an especially ambitious hen.
Read MoreIf you have a history of migraine and experience a change in the character or frequency of your headaches, you should be concerned that you have developed a brain tumor or another serious neurologic disorder.
Read MoreWith so many new therapies for migraine rapidly becoming available, it was difficult to pick one single therapy to highlight in this issue.
Read MoreOur tips this month are drawn from that article and others in which we have attempted to correct common misconceptions about migraine.
Read MoreThe Republic of Croatia is a country of 4 million people that is roughly half the size of Florida. It is bordered to the north by Slovenia and Hungary, Serbia to the east and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the south and beautiful azure waters of the Adriatic Sea to the west.
Read MoreDespite my efforts to ensure that she would understand how to use the medications I’d prescribed, this intelligent and articulate young woman used a medication intended for acute headache treatment as a prevention therapy and medication intended for prevention therapy as an acute treatment. This particular error is by no means uncommon.
Read MoreWhile any measure of “migraine burden” should include an assessment of headache frequency and severity, when you really think about migraine and the way it influences your quality of life, “migraine burden” is more than merely a function of how often you have a headache and how severe those headaches are.
Read MoreThis is the first issue of Migraineur published since last spring, a pause made necessary by the unprecedented emergence of so many new therapies for headache occurring over such a short period of time.
Read MoreMigraineurs often report experiencing "dizziness" during migraine attacks, but in medical jargon "dizziness" is a highly non-specific symptom. In many cases, the "dizziness" migraineurs describe simply implies they are dehydrated from migraine-associated nausea and vomiting or a general disinterest in taking fluids by mouth.
Read MoreFor those who have never experienced migraine, migraine is generally considered "just a headache". To the other 12% percent of Americans who are migraineurs, however, a migraine attack often is something much more: a "whole body experience", as some patients describe it…and typically not a pleasant one.
Read MoreWhy does CTTH appear to be so much more prevalent in DC…at least in the university-based headache clinic population? Is it DC’s horrendous traffic and long commutes?
Read MoreEven working with a medical provider you trust, the process of finding an effective migraine prevention treatment can be frustrating. What you want is a treatment that will significantly reduce your headache burden, will do so within a relatively short time of beginning the treatment and will not cause a bundle of side effects worse than the migraine it’s intended to treat.
Read MoreLigia Mendizabal, a Guatemalan-born artist and long-time native of Corpus Christi, was featured in volume 4 of Migraineur.
Read MoreMany patients presenting to a medical provider for evaluation of migraine become uneasy - even angry - when that provider fails to order a brain CT or MRI scan. Understandably convinced that "there must be something wrong with my brain to cause this terrible pain", they worry that a brain tumor, aneurysm or some similarly serious structural abnormality will be missed unless a scan is performed.
Read MoreDr. Schim begins his days a bit differently than the rest of us. He arises well before the sun is up, collects his board and wet suit and drives a short distance to one of his favorite spots along the North County coast to check out the conditions.
Read MoreMigraineur magazine is intended to both educate and entertain the many millions of people who suffer from migraine.
Blending information with enlivening entertainment, Migraineur is a unique resource for those who seek "to live well despite migraine". Written by medical professionals with extensive backgrounds in clinical work, research and education involving migraine, Migraineur's informational content goes far beyond what typically is offered via headache websites and other health magazines.
In doing so, however, the writers make a particular effort to ensure their articles offer an abundance of pragmatic advice relevant to the readers' needs, are enhanced by visually appealing graphics and are leavened with a healthy dose of humor. This is neither Readers Digest for migraine sufferers nor a dreary recitation of medical facts and statistics.
Instead, Migraineur is intended for a readership devoted to living healthy, productive and interesting lives. It is, put simply, a guide for living well and fully despite migraine.
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