Information and opinions on MyMigraineConnection from MAGNUM, the National Migraine Assoc. http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204 en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/ http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/26628/migraine-national Wed Apr 30 23:23:21 -0400 2008 MAGNUM, the National Migraine Assoc. WASHINGTON, DC-April 30th, 2008;  T. S. Eliot wrote, "April is the cruelest month." As the W.H.O.* calls Migraine one of the cruelest diseases, MAGNUM thinks it is only fitting to end the month with the announcement of this years winners of the HealthCentral Network and HelpForHeadaches.com sponsored 2008 Putting Our Heads Together Poetry Contest. After all, would not T.S. Eliot himself, though not a Migraineur, appreciate our... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/26628/migraine-national http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/26513/migraine-treatment Wed Apr 30 01:31:54 -0400 2008 MAGNUM, the National Migraine Assoc. Twenty nine years ago in upstate New York a young Grace Slick sang out Migraineous inspired lyrics "One pill makes you larger, And one pill makes you small, And the ones that mother gives you, Don't do anything at all." Ahh yes, a little music fesival called Woodstock, and if you are a Babyboomer who might have been there when that storm front came through, it would have given you a massive Migraine!   No Imitrex® back then, but it... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/26513/migraine-treatment http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/25744/entries-migraine Tue Apr 22 18:08:20 -0400 2008 MAGNUM, the National Migraine Assoc. Well it has been almost a month, and where is your Migraine poem entry?  Well the deadline has been extended till Tuesday midnight April 22nd.  So go to your computer and look up that poem you created about your struggle with head pain and send it to us at the 2008 Putting Our Heads Together Poetry Contest.   MAGNUM's use of art such as verse to express pain is not unique,  as art disease awareness shows had been around for... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/25744/entries-migraine http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/17439/great-midrin-2007 Fri Dec 07 00:29:00 -0500 2007 MAGNUM, the National Migraine Assoc. Where's My Midrin®?  WASHINGTON, DC November 24th, 2007- Midrin, Midrin where for art thou Midrin? Of all the medications out there, and there are a lot of them for Migraine theses days, Midrin® is the name we knew. Well, now, not so new. But for many Midrin® is a mainstay in Migraine treatment. These days there appears to be a Midrin® shortage! Oh no! Right about now there are those of you who are asking what... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/17439/great-midrin-2007 http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/17437/pupil-pill-pain Fri Dec 07 00:23:00 -0500 2007 MAGNUM, the National Migraine Assoc. Photography By © Michael John Coleman 2007Maine Public School Do Pain Patients Get Same Access? WASHINGTON, DC November 1st, 2007-Access to medication to small children without the parent's knowledge. This is one of the national stories that has the capacity to create excellent public health dialog in almost any social group you might come across in your day. Now if you are a parent living in Portland Maine our hearts go out... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/17437/pupil-pill-pain http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/17436/pain-care-act-2007 Fri Dec 07 00:16:00 -0500 2007 MAGNUM, the National Migraine Assoc. Senate Bill S 2160 Designed to Establish Pain Care Initiatives in all Veteran Administration Health Care Facilities  © Michael John Coleman 2007Congressman Mike Rogers of Michigan announces introduction of the Veterans Pain Care Act of 2007 on Capitol Hill at the American Pain Foundation Gala via taped special message. Washington, DC - (October 31, 2007) -While we were attending the Tenth Annual Anniversary Celebration American... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/17436/pain-care-act-2007 http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/17435/pain-decade-pain Fri Dec 07 00:12:00 -0500 2007 MAGNUM, the National Migraine Assoc. Creative Leadership & Pain Creativity Project Winners Featured at Artistic Health Gala in Baltimore 10th Anniversary Celebration - October 25, 2007 - Baltimore, MD   © Michael John Coleman 2007APF Patient Award Winner Lynn Sanders in the center with MAGNUM's Terri Miller Burchfield, with her daughter and MAGNUM model Taylor Nicole Burchfield at the gala. Baltimore, MD - (October 25, 2007) -[Updated October 29th,... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/17435/pain-decade-pain http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/13274/lead-side-baby Thu Sep 06 17:50:00 -0400 2007 MAGNUM, the National Migraine Assoc. FDA Warns Use of Codeine May Lead ToLife-Threatening Side Effects In Nursing BabiesWASHINGTON, DC August 17th, 2007 - Today the Food and Drug Administration issued an official warning regarding the use of codeine medications by some breastfeeding mothers, the report states it may lead to life-threatening side effects in nursing babies. As codeine is a common ingredient in many medications used in the treatment Migraine, we want to give a... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/13274/lead-side-baby http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/13271/unhappy-approval Thu Sep 06 17:06:00 -0400 2007 MAGNUM, the National Migraine Assoc. Pozen's New Migraine Treatment Slowly Advances With Second Approvable LetterWASHINGTON, DC August 4th, 2007 - You would think combining two drugs many Migrainuers use on a daily basis would make for a fast track through the Food and Drug Administration. Wouldn't you? Then you would be wrong. But is that really a bad thing? The FDA issues its second Approvable letter for a new Migraine drug underdevelopment called TreximaTM a... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/13271/unhappy-approval http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/13053/peoples-princess Sun Sep 02 00:36:00 -0400 2007 MAGNUM, the National Migraine Assoc. WASHINGTON, DC August 31st, 2007 - To many disease and disability sufferers, the knowledge of others they know and admire whom suffer the same illnesses somehow takes the edge off the fact they face a life long struggle. It may be the fact we share winning the same genetic lottery with Vincent Van Gogh or Thomas Jefferson which brings us closer to human talents and qualities we would want to possess. Then again it may be as simple as misery... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/204/13053/peoples-princess