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    posted 09/14/2009, comments (0)

    Invisible Illness Awareness Week Starts Today!

      If you have a chronic illness, or know someone who does, please take advantage of a free, 5-Day, online conference at Blog Talk Radio. Seminars begin today and run through Friday.Learn how to cope with chronic illness in your marriage, how to simplify housework, finding a career that's just right for you, attending school with pain,... Read moreChevron
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    posted 07/10/2009, comments (12)

    Migraine Top "Excuse" for Calling Off Work

    We all know how difficult it is when we can't go to work or class because we have a Migraine. There are a number of reasons it's difficult — Bosses who don't understand or like it when we call of because of a Migraine... Possible loss of income from taking a day off... Attitudes of coworkers... Feeling guilty about "not pulling our... Read moreChevron
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    posted 09/04/2008, comments (33)

    Migraine with a Capital "M"

    If you're a writer, you probably know that it's technically incorrect to capitalize the word Migraine.   According to all the style guides, only diseases and conditions that are named for a person, such as Alzheimer's, should be capitalized. I once had an editor who insisted that I stop capitalizing Migraine, and it made him absolutely... Read moreChevron
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    posted 08/03/2008, comments (2)

    <i>Migraine Expressions</I> Arrives -- You MUST see this book!

    Several months ago, Betsy Blondin contacted me about a book she was editing entitled Migraine Expressions. She was looking for Migraineurs who expressed their Migraines through arts and literature -- poets, painters, anyone who expressed their feelings about and experiences with Migraine through writing or art.   After we talked,... Read moreChevron
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    posted 06/02/2008, comments (5)

    National Headache Awareness Week - June 1-7!

    I am so happy to be blogging with you today about the National Headache Foundation (NHF) and National Headache Awareness Week (NHAW), which takes place June 1-7.  You may be wondering what the NHF is.  We were established in 1970 as a non-profit organization by a group of physicians who understood the need for an organization to... Read moreChevron
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