Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
This is the official podcast for the American Headache Society. The episodes supplement their peer review journal of the same name. Each episode presents interviews with researchers & medical practitioners and information about new studies.
I find it a pretty dry listen, but each episode is quite short (mostly 5-10mins), which helps with digesting the academic style information. It has been useful for me in getting information on pharmaceuticals beyond the anecdotal stories in peer forums and what my doctors choose to tell (or not tell) me.
Episodes often cover social impacts, such as the relationships between child abuse, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome) and migraine, which are elements that have been dismissed by all my healthcare providers other than my TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) practitioner.
I feel that knowing about these studies empowers me as a patient because when I talk to specialists about them they are more likely to respect my experiences if I can back them up with peer reviewed academic research. It also helps to create an environment where I am a leader in my healthcare and specialists have pressure to not hide information from me (can you tell I’m cynical?). I recommend listening with a pen and paper. Click on the thumbnail to download in iTunes.
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