Migraine Awareness Month
NHF news What ' s Happening Now
Benefit Success
Dr. Seymour Diamond with Master of Ceremonies John Garcia of ABC-7 News in Chicago
The National Headache Foundation( NHF) hosted its annual fundraising benefit, Galaxy of Hope: Raising Headache Awareness to New Heights, April 14, 2012, at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. About 290 people attended the event, where John Garcia of ABC-7 News( WLS TV-Chicago) was master of ceremonies and auctioneer. Congratulations are in order for: n The winner of a bottle of 1995 Carruades de Lafite Pauillac wine( worth $ 500): Susan Benton of Palo Alto, Calif. n The winner of the annual raffle: Paula Dill of Moraga, Calif. The event was a great success and will help the NHF fulfill its mission. The
NHF would like to thank the event co-chairs, June Barnard and Katie Biggs, as well as the following sponsors:
Platinum Level Allergan, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Seymour Diamond The Walter S. and Lucienne
Driskill Foundation Elise & Marc Lefkowitz
Silver Level Marsha and Chad Beste Dr. and Mrs. José Biller Drs. Kathleen and Roger Cady Coordinated Benefits Company, LLC Diamond Headache Clinic, Ltd. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine
& ScienceHealth Monitor Network Imagination Publishing IntraMed Educational Group
Dr. Seymour Diamond with the Marine contingent at the benefit
Gold Level Mary and James Beasley Headache Care Center, Springfield, Mo.
Julie and Charles McKain MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Vincent Martin Jennifer and David Metz PuraMed Bioscience Provena Health – Resurrection Health Care Debra, Jill, and Dr. Alan Rosenberg Schuman, Simon & Grodecki, Ltd. Law Offices of James M. Staulcup, Jr. Zogenix, Inc.
Gold Winner: Head Wise Imagination Publishing, NHF’ s publishing partner, won an EXCEL award from Association Media & Publishing, a membership organization serving the needs of association publishers, business operation executives, communications professionals, designers and content generators and the media they create. Imagination won the gold award for magazine design excellence for Head Wise.
Migraine Awareness Month
It is just short of 50 years that I’ ve dedicated my career to headache research and treatment. During this time, we have seen a renaissance in therapeutics available for those experiencing headache. Most patients consulting a headache specialist or a physician knowledgeable about headache can now expect that their headaches can be controlled and possibly prevented. Yet there are millions of individuals who experience migraine but have not availed themselves of treatment( both pharmaceutical and behavioral) that can help them through their lifetime. It is my hope that Migraine Awareness Month, with its mission to“ Help Make Migraines Visible,” will motivate migraineurs to seek the resources available to them, such as the National Headache Foundation( NHF). It is our goal to not only educate those experiencing migraine, but also raise awareness to their family, friends and employers.
This year, in celebration of Migraine Awareness Month, the NHF hosted four chat rooms in June. Information on upcoming chat rooms is available on our website, www. headaches. org. Also, a public event was held on June 21 at the Newberry Library in Chicago. The program included presentations from four speakers and focused on raising awareness about various types of headache. Please visit our website for information on this program and other efforts to make migraines and other headaches visible.— Seymour Diamond, MD Executive Chairman and Founder
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