HeadWise National Headache Foundation

Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, and Dawn Buse, PhD, explore practical strategies for managing anxiety. They discuss importance of recognizing the distinction between occasional bouts of anxiety and the presence of an anxiety disorder that requires professional intervention. They also highlight various effective methods for managing anxiety, including relaxation techniques, cognitive behavioral therapy, and medication when necessary.

This discussion serves as a reminder that it's okay to ask for help and that resources and support are available for those struggling with anxiety

Can MSG actually cause a headache or migraine attack?

Lindsay Weitzel, PhD talks with headache specialist Fred Cohen, MD about what MSG is and how it can affect our headache disorders and migraine disease. They discuss what foods it can be found in, the history of why people worry about MSG, and more.

Can some of the new smart devices on the market actually help us improve the severity of our migraine disease?

Tune in to this week's episode of HeadWise as Lindsay Weitzel, PhD asks board certified neurologist Amelia Barrett, MD to explain how using smart devices to track things like our heart rate variability and sleep patterns can help give us the upper hand against migraine. Once we start tracking these parameters what can we do to improve them? Dr. Barrett tells us how she guides her patients to real results.

In this episode, Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, talks with headache specialist Fred Cohen, MD, about how sleep and migraine relate to each other. They discuss and answer:

What is Painsomnia? Do we need sleep in order for our migraine disease to improve? What can we do to improve our sleep when we have migraine? What sleep disorders are associated with migraine? Who can help us with all this?

In this month's HeadWise news episode host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD goes over the latest headache-related research findings with headache specialist Tim Smith, MD.

Is screen time really related to headache in kids?
What's the latest on the relationship between caffeine and migraine?
Are we any closer to predicting who will and will not respond to anti-CGRP monoclonal antibody medications?
Are migraine and hot flashes related to stroke risk in women?

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How can people with chronic migraine or other debilitating headache conditions benefit from a pain psychologist?

In this week's episode of HeadWise, Lindsay Weitzel, PhD asks Dawn Buse, PhD, pain psychologist specializing in headache, to lift the veil on some of the services provided by pain psychologists and how they are proven to help us with our migraine and other headache disorders.