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Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser

Dr. William Young: Migraine - The Invisible Disability

Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser

Dr. Ron Kaiser

Rejuvenate, Age, Aging, Fitness & Nutrition, Mental, Self-help, Gym, Doctor, Health, Fitness, Emotional Health

5.0 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Roughly one in seven people in the world suffer from migraine and it’s one of the most impactful diseases in the world.


The problem is that migraine is really stigmatized and influences negatively people’s lives, not only by incapacitating them over a recurrent period of time but also by making them feel less worthy because they suffer from it.


Luckily, there are people who dedicate their lives to finding non-addictive types of pain management and to bringing awareness on the second most disabling disease in the world. On today’s episode, my guest is Dr. William Young, the associate director of the Jefferson Headache Center.


Dr. Young has helped people enhance the quality of their lives substantially, through his work. He is a professor of neurology at Thomas Jefferson University and he is very active in the training of future neurologists and a really good guy who knows a whole lot about headache in specific.


So, don’t miss Episode 09 of Rejuvenaging, where you’ll learn the difference between a headache and a migraine and also, why people suffering from migraine are affected in their day-to-day life.


Questions I ask:

  • How big of a problem is it? How many people in the country or in the world, have migraine? (03:46)
  • Is stress the cause of migraine? (05:08)
  • Who would be responsible for causing the stigma of migraine or contributing to it? (10:29)
  • How is it mentally healthy to act if you're a migraine patient? (13:21)
  • Do you have any specific advice for older migraine patients? (23:27)
  • Can you tell us a little bit about some of the success stories? Some of the breakthroughs that have been made in the treatment of migraine? (24:53)


In this episode, you will learn:

  • The difference between a headache and a migraine. (02:47)
  • How migraine can negatively impact people’s lives. (04:20)
  • About the stigma of migraine. (06:33)
  • About the advocacy efforts that are being made for bringing awareness on migraine. (15:34)
  • The problem of opioid addiction and the research that is being made for finding non-addictive types of pain management. (17:46)
  • About Miles for Migraine – an NGO that militates for people suffering from migraine. (20:04)


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Music

0:19.0

Welcome to Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser.

0:22.8

This is the podcast that's devoted to helping you to live enthusiastically today and tomorrow

0:29.0

in every other day of your life.

0:31.0

I am your host, Dr. Ron Kaiser. I'm a positive psychologist, health psychologist, and the author

0:38.4

of the award-winning and best-selling book Rejuvenaging, The Art and Science of Growing

0:44.0

Older with Enthusiasm. My website is the Mental Health Gym, and I'm always happy to hear

0:51.6

from listeners with suggestions for future guests, as well as any questions you may have

0:58.1

in the mental health and positive psychology area.

1:02.2

As you know, we typically bring you guests who both live their lives enthusiastically and

1:08.9

are in a position to help us to learn how to live better in various ways so that we can

1:15.2

maximize our potential to be the best person that we can.

1:20.6

To do so, it really requires being able to be both physically and mentally fit.

1:29.0

And today we have a guest who is going to help us in the physical fitness area, but who

1:35.8

by his work has helped people enhance the quality of their lives very substantially.

1:42.6

Dr. William Young is Professor of Neurology at Thomas Jefferson University. He is the

1:49.9

Associate Director of the Jefferson Heteic Center, and he is a professor in the Neurology

1:58.7

Department, very active in the training of future neurologists, and a really good guy

2:05.5

who knows a whole lot about Heteic in specific. Heteic is a really major issue, often

2:13.2

untalked about, often undiagnosed, but we're going to try and change that today.

2:18.9

So first of all, Bill, welcome to Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser. It's a pleasure to have

2:25.7

you with us. Thank you very much. I'm going to enjoy this a lot.

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