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DULUTH CAMPUS
TWIN CITIES CAMPUS
ONE SCHOOL. TWO CAMPUSES.
The University of Minnesota Medical School is one of the largest in the country, with campuses based in the Twin Cities and in Duluth, Minnesota.
Headache Care
“It’s an exciting time to be treating headaches,” says M Health Fairview neurologist Sarah Benish, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Neurology. She should know. She’s a part of the newly launched M Health Fairview Headache Care Program.
More than four million people in the U.S. suffer from chronic migraines and the life-disrupting, excruciating pain that seriously impacts their quality of life.
Patients in the Headache Care Program receive personalized therapies and have access to novel treatments that prevent migraines from taking root by chemically targeting pain sensors in the brain. Other available treatments help lessen the likelihood
of triggering a headache or target the symptoms of headaches,
but those don’t always work for patients who experience chronic migraines. For people who don’t respond to pharmacologic therapies, the program has neurologists and physiatrists trained to help patients understand their type of headache and find a solution that helps decrease the intensity and frequency.
2019
January
M Health Fairview Agreement, an expanded collaboration among the University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Physicians, and Fairview Health Services, begins implementation.
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