Photo: #Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann speaks in Charleston, S.C., Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Rep. Bachmann suffers from migraines about once a week and has gone to the hospital at least three different times because of them.
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Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann speaks in Charleston, S.C., Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Rep. Bachmann suffers from migraines about once a week and has gone to the hospital at least three different times because of them. (AP Photo)

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Living with migraines

Broadcast: Midmorning, 07/27/2011, 10:06 a.m.

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While presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has been making headlines for her struggle with migraine headaches, the issue of chronic head pain is getting some well-deserved attention. Dr. Elizabeth Loder and Paula Kamen join us to discuss living with migraine.

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  • Paula Kamen: Author of four books, including All In My Head: An Epic Quest to Cure an Unrelenting, Totally Unreasonable, and Only Slightly Enlightening Headache
  • Dr. Elizabeth Loder: Chief, Division of Headache and Pain at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a hospital in Boston affiliated with Harvard Medical School.

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