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Paula Dumas
Migraine Again
This week, Jay and I hosted Paula Dumas, Founder/CEO of MigraineAgain.com. As the leading Migraine Wellness website for patients, Migraine Again helps patients and their families suffer less and live more — until there’s a cure. Migraine Again helps bridge the access to care, bringing evidence-based healthcare content to migraine
warriors in 45 countries.
It’s a genetic neurological disorder that hurts over 1 billion people worldwide, 37 million in the US alone: 1 in 6 women, 1 in 10 kids and 1 in 18 men. Migraine Again helps spread awareness and increase funding for one of the most disabling, invisible disorders on the planet.
Providing information on research and lifestyle changes migraine sufferers can make that can sometimes help mitigate frequency and severity of migraines, migraineagain.com reaches over a million patients worldwide each month. When the website shares information about promising treatments or options available for migraine sufferers, Paula explained they focus on those where a significant body of reputable evidence is available to support them. This helps to prevent making recommendations that are unproven or have little likelihood to actually provide relief.
A lifelong migraine warrior, Paula struggled and juggled through her career with CNN, Apple and Disney, and then shifted gears to devote herself to non-profit work and health advocacy. Under her direction, Migraine Again offers hope and help to people who suffer with this chronic, disabling condition, while raising awareness and funding for a cure.
A member of the American Headache Society electronic media team and an advisor to Migraine Research Foundation, Paula has been nominated for a WEGO Health Advocate Award, and a featured expert speaker at the Migraine World Summit. She’s authored over 250 articles and research papers, and conducted interviews with the world’s top migraine and headache doctors, all of which can be accessed for free on MigraineAgain.com.
Special Guest:
Paula Dumas, Founder/CEO of migraineagain.com
2 comments on “Migraine Again”
I am a Nurse Practitioner and migraine sufferer. I am currently on disability due the the severity and frequency of migraines (15-20 per month). I felt like you were telling my story when listening to this interview. With the complexity of my job and the risk of injury o others if I am not functioning up to par, I am unable to work. It is nice to hear someone discuss the issues I suffer each day. Thank you.
Hi, Dawn- First, thank you for listening and taking time to comment. You should check out Dr. John Lipman’s appearance on the show where he talked about a non-invasive in-office procedure an interventional radiologist trained in sphenopalatine ganglion blocks can do for migraine sufferers. His website explains it HERE: http://atlii.com/migraine-headaches/ And you can listen to his segment where he talks about it HERE: http://topdocs.businessradiox.com/2015/10/23/interventional-radiology/