Migraine is a major public health challenge that affects 41 million people in the European Union. The challenge is higher when it comes to women: migraine is three times more common in women, a large share of women are still in the front line for childcare and household chore and women make up 67% of the […]
Chronic migraine in Italy has finally been recognized as the serious diseases it is. The Italian senate has approved the recognition of primary chronic headache as a social disease, a huge step towards the acknowledgment of migraine as the serious illness it is. On April 18, 2019 the Chamber passed the bill and 15 months
All the articles are based on the survey led by EMHA on Migraine at work. The objective of this study is to know the situation of migraine workers within the workplace and compare the situation in the different participating countries. In this way, and with the resulting data, the implementation of actions to improve the
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Watch the first webinar for patients on Covid-19 and its impact on migraine and other headaches streamed by Vall d’Hebron Hospital with the support of EMHA.
Learn about the impact of the virus on patients with migraine, the possible risks associated with the treatments and advice on reducing the negative impact of the lock down during migraine and other headaches episodes.
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EMHA’s 2019 Activities report and agenda of 2019 was fulfilled with activities, meetings and actions under the campaign name of #LightToMigraine. Read the full activities report. Click here to read the complete report.
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European survey on migraine in the workplace. Analysis of results and conclusions. The objective of this study is to know the situation of migraine workers within the workplace and compare the situation in the different participating countries. Read de complete document in our Study section About the study of Migraine in the workplace The objective
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Suggestions for headache care at coronavirus time by The European Headache Federation (EHF) and The European Migraine & Headache Alliance (EMHA) Coronavirus pandemia has completely changed health systems’ organization and priorities. Headache service are heavily affected by those changes. They have been suspended or reduced, to limit social contacts. Patients also would rather stay at home.
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European survey on migraine at work. Analysis of results and conclusions. The objective of this study is to know the situation of migraine workers within the workplace and compare the situation in the different participating countries. The objective of this study is to know the situation of migraine workers within the workplace and compare the
Each year, September 12th is the European Migraine Day of Action. Today, EMHA’s President and Executive Director have been invited by MEP Esteban Gonzalez Pons and MEP Dolors Montserrat to the European Parliament to discuss about how to better help the affected ones to give light to the disease and how to improve the life
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Nancy Baum Lipsitz remembers the night the pain began. She’d had a glass of white wine with a friend and went to bed with a terrible headache. The next day, she still felt horrible, the beginning of what she called a “rolling tide” of near constant migraines and lower level headaches. For three years she
New drugs, decades in the making, are providing relief for migraines. Read More »
