A recap of the groundbreaking research presented at the American Headache Society’s Scientific Meeting in San Francisco The American Headache Society’s 60th Annual Scientific Meeting recently took place in San Francisco from June 28-July 1. Over 1,300 health care professionals…

Dr. Richard Lipton and team donate Wolff Award winnings The American Migraine Foundation would like to congratulate Dr. Richard Lipton and his team for receiving the 2018 Harold G. Wolff Lecture Award for their paper, Identifying Natural Subgroups of Migraine…

The American Migraine Foundation responds to recent article with a letter to Elle Magazine Editor In the United States alone, more than 37 million people have migraine and approximately 6 million live with symptoms almost every day. One in five…

Judges selected winning videos from a record number of outstanding entries. The 3rd Annual Migraine Moment Short Film Contest received a record number of 50-plus submissions. Each video told a compelling story about life with migraine and conveyed the many…

ICER weighs the value of CGRP-inhibitors for migraine prevention The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) is currently investigating the effectiveness and value of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) inhibitors for preventing episodic or chronic migraine. Earlier this year, the…

The registry will significantly advance the understanding and treatment of migraine The American Migraine Foundation has developed the first large-scale U.S. patient registry and biorepository for migraine. Patient registries have positively impacted the lives of people living with a particular…

Patient Input Needed for Review of New Migraine Medicines by May 8 The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) is assessing the new class of CGRP inhibitor medicines for migraine prevention. Insurance companies will use ICER’s final report (as…

Institute for Patient Access study outlines ICER limitations The Institute for Patient Access (IfPA) recently released a case study about limitations in the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) report on emerging migraine medications. ICER assesses the clinical effectiveness…

Migraine patients learn directly from doctors in free, educational event AMF partner Migraine World Summit is the largest patient event in the world for headache. This year’s event will take place Apr. 18 to Apr. 26. Entirely online and free…

Move Against Migraine moderators and AMF partners spoke to Health about what a migraine attack feels like. Studies show that migraine is more prevalent in women than in men. About one in four women will have a migraine attack in…