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Identifying & Treating Sex- and Orgasm-Related Headaches

Posts about sex-related headaches are among the most frequently read and commented upon on The Daily Headache. Want more information about these headaches? Here are two must-read articles: Preorgasmic and Orgasmic Headaches Are Not Migraine explains primary sexual headache (PSH), which are headaches that accompany sex but are not related to a headache disorder like [...]

Survey: What Do Others Think of Your Migraines?

From people thinking they’re playing hooky or trying to get attention to being told to get over their “headaches,” every migraineur has stories of appalling comments or behavior from friends, family, teachers, bosses, coworkers, and even strangers. Here’s your chance to tell your story. Complete this short, anonymous survey to help researchers better understand perceptions [...]

Patients Benefit From Group Medical Appointments

Getting in to see a headache specialist can take months and the appointments are never long enough to ask all your questions. Could group medical appointments be a solution that allows patients to spend more time with their doctors as well as learn from other patients? The motivation behind shared medical appointments is to “ease [...]

TheraSpecs Discount Valid Through Jan. 1, 2013

TheraSpecs are on sale one more day! The discount code is good on all TheraSpecs, including the newly available over-Rx glasses, which are designed to fit over prescription glasses. Use code WQTQ3QPTN3 in the checkout to get 20% of all individual TheraSpecs or 10% off already-discounted combos.

Treat Yourself to Relief: Save on TheraSpecs Through Dec. 31

Is migraine or headache relief what you’re really wishing for this holiday season? TheraSpecs are on sale through the end of the year, so treat yourself or a loved one! Use code WQTQ3QPTN3 in the checkout to get 20% of all indoor and outdoor TheraSpecs or 10% off our already-discounted combos. The code is good through [...]

Excedrin Migraine Campaign Trivializes Migraine & the Women Who Experience it

Two-thirds of women would give up shopping at their favorite store for a year to stop their migraine attacks. Excedrin Migraine has launched an advertising campaign with this so-called fact. Seriously? The willingness to give up shopping at a single store exemplifies the impact of migraine a person’s life? Could they have trivialized migraine or [...]

Time’s Almost Up: Comment to the FDA TODAY!

Have you told the FDA how important it is to include migraine in their new program? Tomorrow’s the final day to do so. Your participation is so crucial that I’ll beg you with lots of exclamation points and all caps: PLEASE, PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR COMMENT TODAY!!! How? Just go to the FDA’s Prescription Drug User [...]

ACT NOW: Tell the FDA Why Migraine Matters!

Please, please, please help get migraine included in the FDA’s exciting new patient-focused program by telling them how desperately migraine needs their attention. Inclusion would mean way more time and money spent on — and research and drug development for — this life-altering illness that is typically dismissed as “just a headache.” The deadline is [...]

Reading Your Doctor’s Notes

Although patients have had the legal right to read and correct their own medical records since 1996, actually accessing them is often a time-consuming and expensive process. Although advocates have encouraged doctors to share their notes with patients, physicians have been reluctant, fearing their patients may misinterpret what they read or become overly worried about [...]

Dogs Could Alert Owners to Migraine Attacks Before People Notice Symptoms

Medical alert dogs are service dogs trained to warn a diabetic if their blood sugar drops or an epileptic if they have an oncoming seizure. Migraine is possibly another condition dogs can alert their owners to, according to a survey conducted on Migraine.com. Over 1000 of you completed this survey and 54 percent of you [...]