Mission
Our mission is simple. To reduce the global burden of migraine.
Migraine Facts
- Migraine is more common than diabetes, epilepsy and asthma combined. (1)
- One in seven people suffer from migraine… that’s one billion globally. (2)
- Fewer than half of those with migraine consult a physician. (3)
- For those who do seek help, finding the right doctor can be difficult. Just 4 hours are committed to headaches disorders in undergraduate medical training worldwide. (4)
- The US is one of the few places where there are subspecialty certifications for headache medicine, yet there is only 1 headache specialist for every 85,000 patients. (5)
- The estimated annual cost of migraine in the US alone is over $17 billion. (6)
- Steiner TJ et al. The prevalence and disability burden of adult migraine in England and their relationships to age, gender and ethnicity. Cephalalgia. 2003;23(7):519-527.
- Steiner TJ et al. Migraine: the seventh disabler. The Journal of Headache and Pain 2013, 14:1.
- Pavone E et al. Patterns of triptans use: a study based on the records of a community pharmaceutical department. Cephalalgia. 2007;27(9):1000-4.
- World Health Organization. Atlas of headache disorders and resources in the world 2011.
- Mauser, Emily D., and Noah L. Rosen. “So many migraines, so few subspecialists: Analysis of the geographic location of United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS) certified headache subspecialists compared to United States headache demographics.” Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain 54.8 (2014): 1347-1357.
- Goldberg, Lawrence D. “The cost of migraine and its treatment.” The American journal of managed care 11.2 Suppl (2005): S62-7
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