By Rebecca McKinseyDiabetes is far more than a disease involving insulin and blood sugar—it can affect most of the...
Blog Articles
Diabetes and Feet: Tips to Ensure Foot Health
By Rebecca McKinseyMonitoring and caring for your feet is one of the most effective ways to help avoid...
Avoid Treatment Delays: How to Discuss Your DPN Symptoms with Your Doctor
By Rebecca McKinseyDiabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is a common complication of diabetes, affecting as many as...
Finding Support from Home: The Power—and Limits—of Online Communities
By Nancy Harris Bonk and Jess Napier, Education Council for Headache Online (ECHO) Living with migraine and headache...
Event: Learn About Supplements to Manage Chronic Pain
“Building your Toolbox” is a monthly series that allows people with chronic pain to explore alternative treatment...
COVID’s Impact on migraine
by Lindsay Videnieks, JD, The Headache and Migraine Policy Forum (HMPF) and Katie M. Golden, Professional Patient As...
Making the invisible visible
The evolution of the INvisible Project. In 2010, Nicole Hemmenway was relatively new to patient advocacy. She had just...
When Health Care Hurts: Understanding Disparities in Migraine and Headache
By Emily Lemiska Imagine you arrive at the emergency room for stabbing head pain. You think it could be a migraine...
Ronetta Stokes
The 3Es of Advocacy Salt under the tongue, Vicks under the nose, hold your breath, put your feet in ice. These aren’t...
Syanne Centeno-Bloom
Turning Pain and Misdiagnoses into Advocacy Syanne Centeno-Bloom is a woman with intelligence, drive, and disarmingly...
The Barking Cat: Being a Father with Cluster Headaches
By Mark Odlum My 13-month-old daughter is “arfing” at the barking cat toy her aunt Alyssa gave her. She just learned...
Use Your Voice: Advocating
By: Ellen Lenox Smith Do you have an issue that you are concerned about? Do you see where change needs to be made? Are...