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Migraine deserves the same status as other complex, life-affecting, work-affecting conditions. Too often, a migraine is trivialized as “just a headache.” While it is an understandable mistake by those who have never experienced migraine firsthand, it is nevertheless an uninformed, harmful assessment of a painful and surprisingly common disease.
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About the Editors
Dr. Theodore Fields
Theodore Fields, MD, FACP, is an Attending Rheumatologist at Hospital for Special Surgery and Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is the rheumatology medical editor of www.hss.edu, the HSS website providing comprehensive education on musculoskeletal disease treatment and prevention for physicians and patients. He is the Clinical Director of the Early Arthritis Initiative at HSS, which focuses on education of patients and physicians about early intervention in inflammatory arthritis. His special clinical interests are rheumatoid arthritis and gout. His most recent publications have focused on clinical aspects of gout and on improving education for patients with gout.
Willa Bryer-Douglas
Willa Bryer-Douglas was diagnosed with gout in 2013. Since then, she has researched the condition thoroughly on credited sources like PubMed or major hospital and medical school websites. She is a member of our CreakyJoints Gout Patient Council and hopes that these patient guidelines can help others living with gout control their disease.
Download the Migraine in the Workplace Report
Employers should actively engage with the subject of migraine and the challenge they present to both employees and employers.
GHLF commissioned a multi-pathway survey to create an accurate view of migraine patients, including how migraine affects an employee’s career, as well as how their peers view them and how migraine patients view themselves.
This report’s corresponding survey reached a mix of more than 800 employers, brokers and consultants, along with employees who live with migraine. While this survey data suggests that most employers understand migraine to be a common problem, it also suggests some degree of indecision or inaction surrounding effective accommodation and treatment.
