Heads Up

Heads Up

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Heads Up episodes

  • Migraine Prevention: Injection Therapies

    Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe discuss injection therapies used for migraine prevention with special guest, Headache Specialist Dr Naz Manukyan.

    Learn more about Greater Occipital Nerve Block and Botox for migraine. Find out what these injection therapies are, how they are administered and how they work. Also hear a patient story on their experience trying both of these therapies.

    GON Block Factsheet: https://bit.ly/2uDe6Rg

    Botox Factsheet: https://bit.ly/3cjUkuW

    If you have any questions/comments or any topics you would like us to cover in our future episodes email: [email protected].

    WE ARE A CHARITY. Please help us keep going in the following ways:

    Donate to help us continue to release new episodes: www.justgiving.com/campaign/headsup

    Subscribe!

    Spread the word via social media: www.facebook.com/NationalMigraineCentre www.twitter.com/NatMigraineCtr

    39 min
  • Cluster Headache

    Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe discuss Cluster Headache with special guest Professor Paul Booton.

    What is Cluster Headache? How does it differ from migraine and what treatment options are available for this extremely painful condition? Find out all in this episode.

    Val Hobbs, trustee of the Organisation for the Understanding of Cluster Headache, shares her experiences and discusses the services OUCH provides for Cluster Headache sufferers.

    https://ouchuk.org/

    If you have any questions/comments or any topics you would like us to cover in our future episodes email: [email protected].

    WE ARE A CHARITY. Please help us keep going in the following ways:

    Donate to help us continue to release new episodes: www.justgiving.com/campaign/headsup

    Subscribe!

    Spread the word via social media: www.facebook.com/NationalMigraineCentre www.twitter.com/NatMigraineCtr

    1 hr 8 min
  • Migraine: Past, Present and Future

    Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe speak with Dr Mark Weatherall, Dr Katherine Foxhall and Iszi Lawrence on the past, present and future of migraine.

    Learn what unusual migraine treatments were used in the past, what options are available currently and what the future holds for migraine. Also hear how attitudes have changed towards migraine over the years.

    If you have any questions/comments or any topics you would like us to cover in our future episodes email: [email protected].

    WE ARE A CHARITY THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN HELP THE PODCAST

    Donate to help us continue to release new episodes: www.justgiving.com/campaign/headsup

    Subscribe!

    Spread the word via social media: www.facebook.com/NationalMigraineCentre www.twitter.com/NatMigraineCtr

    1 hr 1 min
  • Hormones and Migraine

    For the 1st episode of Series 2 Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe speak with Professor Anne MacGregor about everything related to hormones and migraine.

    Learn about changes at puberty, contraception, menstrual vs menstrually-related migraine, the peri-menopause, the menopause and more.

    For additional information see The British Menopause Society website: https://thebms.org.uk/

    If you have any questions/comments or any topics you would like us to cover in our next series email: [email protected].

    WE ARE A CHARITY THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN HELP THE PODCAST

    Donate to help us continue to release new episodes: www.justgiving.com/campaign/headsup

    Subscribe!

    Spread the word via social media: www.facebook.com/NationalMigraineCentre www.twitter.com/NatMigraineCtr

    54 min
  • Christmas Special

    This is the Christmas Special Episode of our Heads Up Podcast.

    Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe debug various myths about migraine.

    The episode also features special guest, Dr Sarah Miller, a consultant neurologist and together with our hosts answer the questions we have received from our listeners.

    Get information on the using of CBD oil, Botox, probiotics, infusion therapies, the new CGRP drugs and preventative medications for migraine management and if, and how they work.

    This is the last episode of Series 1. We will be back next year for Series 2 in January.

    We wish all our listeners a relaxing and enjoyable Festive Break and a Happy New Year!

    If you have any questions/comments or any topics you would like us to cover in our next series email: [email protected].

    WE ARE A CHARITY THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN HELP THE PODCAST

    Donate to help us continue to release new episodes: www.justgiving.com/campaign/headsup

    Subscribe!

    Spread the word via social media: www.facebook.com/NationalMigraineCentre www.twitter.com/NatMigraineCtr

    43 min
  • Migraine in Children and Adolescents

    Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe discuss migraine in children and adolescents. Special guest Dr Heather Angus-Leppan, Consultant Neurologist, shares her expertise. Also, children share their experiences with migraine.

    See our factsheet for further information: https://bit.ly/2OeDBzv

    If you have any questions/comments or any topics you would like us to cover email: [email protected].

    WE ARE A CHARITY THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN HELP THE PODCAST

    Donate to help us continue to release new episodes: www.justgiving.com/campaign/headsup

    Subscribe!

    Spread the word via social media: www.facebook.com/NationalMigraineCentre www.twitter.com/NatMigraineCtr

    Website:

    www.nationalmigrainecentre.org.uk/migraine-and-headaches/heads-up-podcast

    45 min
  • Vestibular Migraine

    Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe discuss vestibular migraine and interview special guest physiotherapist Lisa Burrows.

    If you have any questions/comments or any topics you would like us to cover email: [email protected].

    WE ARE A CHARITY THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN HELP THE PODCAST

    Donate to help us continue to release new episodes: www.justgiving.com/campaign/headsup

    Subscribe!

    Spread the word via social media: www.facebook.com/NationalMigraineCentre www.twitter.com/NatMigraineCtr

    Website:

    www.nationalmigrainecentre.org.uk/migraine-and-headaches/heads-up-podcast

    42 min
  • Migraine: Acute Treatments and Medication Overuse Headache

    Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe discuss acute treatments and medication overuse headache (MOH). Special guest Dr Naz Manukyan adds her expertise on MOH.

    If you have any questions/comments or any topics you would like us to cover email: [email protected].

    WE ARE A CHARITY THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN HELP THE PODCAST

    Donate to help us continue to release new episodes: www.justgiving.com/campaign/headsup

    Subscribe!

    Spread the word via social media: www.facebook.com/NationalMigraineCentre www.twitter.com/NatMigraineCtr

    Website:

    www.nationalmigrainecentre.org.uk/migraine-and-headaches/heads-up-podcast

    31 min
  • Migraine Prevention: Medication

    Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe discuss migraine prevention, specifically looking at different preventative medications available.

    If you have any questions/comments or any topics you would like us to cover email: [email protected].

    WE ARE A CHARITY THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN HELP THE PODCAST

    Donate to help us continue to release new episodes: www.justgiving.com/campaign/headsup

    Subscribe!

    Spread the word via social media: www.facebook.com/NationalMigraineCentre www.twitter.com/NatMigraineCtr

    Website:

    www.nationalmigrainecentre.org.uk/migraine-and-headaches/heads-up-podcast

    24 min
  • Migraine Prevention: Lifestyle & Supplements

    Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe discuss migraine prevention, specifically looking at lifestyle management, including diet and exercise, and supplements.

    If you have any questions/comments or any topics you would like us to cover email : [email protected].

    WE ARE A CHARITY THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN HELP THE PODCAST

    Donate to help us continue to release new episodes: www.justgiving.com/campaign/headsup

    Subscribe!

    Spread the word via social media: www.facebook.com/NationalMigraineCentre www.twitter.com/NatMigraineCtr

    Website:

    www.nationalmigrainecentre.org.uk/migraine-and-headaches/heads-up-podcast

    25 min

About Heads Up

From the publisher's feed

Headache Specialists from the UK charity National Migraine Centre discuss everything migraine and headache related. This podcast is set up to help give support and advice to those suffering with this largely misunderstood condition.

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