NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black, indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) experience stress and adverse health outcomes due to the exposure to racism and racial trauma. A theory, known as race-based traumatic stress, indicates that some individuals experience racial prejudice as psychological trauma. This PTSD-like reaction leads to increased severe headaches and migraine attacks. Research confirms all of these inequities - but an ongoing lack of quality research on BIPOC with migraine means there is still much that is unknown or poorly understood.| Act Now to Support a Congressional Resolution on Health Equity Jaime M. Sanders, The Migraine Diva, Co-Lead of the Disparities in Headache Advisory Council By Jaime M. Sanders, The Migraine Diva, Co-Lead of the Disparities in Headache Advisory Council Migraine is a neurological disease that affects 60 million Americans and is the 2nd leading cause […]
