
S1E43 - What Everyone Should Know About Migraine
Published: July 24, 2026
Duration: 26:50
Migraine affects more than one billion people worldwide, yet it remains one of the most misunderstood neurological disorders in medicine. Migraine is often dismissed as “just a headache,” but it is a complex brain disease that can impact vision, thinking, sensory processing, daily functioning and quality of life.
Neurologist and headache specialist Rebecca Burch, MD, explains what migraine really is, why it affects women at disproportionately high rates, and how decades of stigma have shaped public understanding of the world’s most common neurological disorder.
You’ll learn about visual aura, the latest research exploring how migrai...