How will this information benefit you?
In this recording, you will learn
- how to differentiate migraine headaches from other headache types.
- which lifestyle changes can help reduce headache frequency.
- acute and preventive options for migraine management.
This recording is for anyone who
- has frequent headaches and/or migraines.
- wants to take control and learn about which headache syndrome you have.
- wants to learn what to start doing today to help you live with fewer or less severe headaches.
This recording is approximately 1 hour and 22 minutes in length:
- 3 minutes of introductions
- 44-minute presentation
- 35 minutes of Q&A
This presentation is part of Dr. Stein's Expert Speakers Series. These are held approximately monthly, and each session will feature a different guest expert on topics of interest to people with complex chronic disease, chronic disease in general, and people interested in living healthier longer.
ALL presentations in the Expert Speakers Series are free with a membership of Live! with Dr. Stein.
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About the Presenters
Dr. Werner Becker, MD
Dr. Becker is a neurologist and currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary. He graduated with an MD degree from the University of Manitoba and completed his neurology training at McGill University, Montreal.
In 2003, he founded the Calgary Headache Assessment and Management Program (CHAMP), a multidisciplinary program dedicated to improving the lives of those with headaches in Calgary and Southern Alberta. He is a past–president of the Canadian Headache Society and has focused his clinical work on headache for many years.
Dr. Becker has published over 100 peer-reviewed medical papers, many dealing with headache and its treatment. He has served on the boards of the International Headache Society, the American Headache Society, the Canadian Headache Society, Migraine Canada and the Pain Society of Alberta.
He has received numerous Canadian and American awards, including the Alberta Medical Association Medal for Distinguished Service (2013), Canadian Headache Society John Edmeads Award (2018), The Pain Society of Alberta Lifetime Achievement Award (2019) and the John R. Graham Clinicians' Award (2011) from the American Headache Society.
Dr. Becker has published two books: Rafting the Great Northern Rivers: The Nahanni, Firth, and Tatshenshini and Rafting the Snake: A Journey through the Yukon’s Snake River Wilderness. More information is available at www.greatnorthernrivers.ca.
Eleanor Stein, MD
Dr. Stein is a physician, psychiatrist, and expert in helping people with ME, CFS, FM, environmental sensitivities, long COVID and chronic pain recover their health and joy in life.
Through her 35-year illness journey, reading thousands of scientific papers, and working with thousands of patients, she has developed a unique, science-based approach to healing using self-management, neuroplasticity, hormesis, and, most recently...quantum biology.
