The Weather Channel: The agony of fall weather headaches

UC migraine expert offers advice

The Weather Channel turned to Vincent Martin, MD, professor in the UC Department of Internal Medicine, to explain changes in the weather and how it impacts migraine and headache. Migraine affects more than 39 million Americans, according to the Migraine Research Foundation. Martin, director the Headache and Facial Pain Center at the UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute, is a UC Health physician who specializes in migraine. The segment featured on the Weather Channel first aired in 2016, but the topic’s timely interest as fall approaches garnered a repeat for television viewers recently.

View the most recent Weather Channel segment. Martin starts at the 10:51:04 mark.

View the initial interview

 

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