15 Things People Who Don’t Get Migraines Don’t “Get” About Migraine
If you live or work with someone like me who has migraines for long periods of time, you must have been on the receiving end of a range of expressions and actions that may have left you wondering: Are...
View ArticleI Have a Neurological Disease: My Struggle to Understand Migraine
From Denial to understanding: The Long Road to Migraine Acceptance Migraine is too often times brushed off as a bad headache. But it’s actually a neurological disease that can involve so much more than...
View ArticleMigraine in Medieval Thought and Practice: An Imbalance of the Humors
Explanations and Treatments for Migraine in Medieval Times Focused on Balancing the Four Humors In classical and medieval Europe, migraine was known as hemicrania, or emigranea, and understood through...
View ArticleHow to Make Worm Paste: Treating Migraine in the 1600s
Migraine Remedies from Jane Jackson’s Recipe Book, 1642 During the early modern period one of the most important items in many households was the family’s recipe book. Often a large volume containing...
View ArticleA Hole in the Skull to Stop Migraine? the Myth of Trepanation
Have you ever heard of drilling a hole into the skull to relieve migraine pain? If there is one stock stereotype in the history of migraine, it is that trepanning is one of the most ancient and...
View ArticleOverworked Housewives and the Migraine Gender Ratio
Establishing Migraine’s Gender Ratio It is common knowledge that migraine affects many more women than men. But, as I examine in my book, this was only firmly established as fact surprisingly...
View ArticleBad Migraine Advice You Should Ignore (And What To Do Instead)
Medical Review by Dr. Jessica Kiarashi There is a ton of bad Migraine advice out there – most of which isn’t helpful at all. Most of the time, people offering suggestions mean well, but they just don’t...
View ArticleDon’t Miss the Latest Scenes of Migraine on TV
Khloé Kardashian, Ellen DeGeneres, Paul Giamatti and Erika Girardi Show the Ugly Reality of Migraine on TV For years, it’s been pretty rare to see any substantial references to Migraine on TV or films....
View ArticleTalk to Your Doctor: 8 Tips to Get the Best Migraine Care
Ever fantasize about finding the perfect doctor? One who remembers you, asks relevant questions, listens intently with eye contact, and then gives you cutting-edge advice for your Migraine care? Me...
View ArticleCalling in Sick? Good Conversations about Migraine at Work
Updated September 2019 It’s real and it’s ugly: Migraine messes with our ability to work in a very big way. Just type #migraineatwork into Twitter, and you’ll get a sense of the severity of the issue....
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