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The Video documents the 4th Miles for Migraines race that was held on October 8, 2016 at Fairmont Park in Philadelphia and was attended by over 500 people. There are also other races in Chicago and San Francisco along with other activities.
In addition to Migraine symptoms of pain, sickness, and for many daily disability, migraine carries a severe burden of discrimination and negativity from many members of community www.healthcentral.com/migraine... .
The race event was designed to give awareness that severe types of migraines is a profound disease and similar to other diseases that are stigmatized, like HIV, breast cancer, and autism, can only change in the public’s mind when the patients and their families come together in community action asking for recognition. Diseases in which the patients do not stand up for themselves remain badly stigmatized and patients do not receive the research or therapies needed to effectively treat their condition. This is true even if doctors speak up for the disease; patients and their families must take over the effort.
Miles for Migraine is a registered 501(c)(3) Non-Profit milesformigraine.org/ with the mission of improving the lives of migraine patients and their families, raising public awareness about headache disorders, and helping find a cure for migraine. Miles for Migraine produces fun run events, typically 5k and 10k races to raise money for migraine research, and also hosts youth camps for kids and teens impacted by migraine or other headache disorders.
A note that Leigha Cohen has suffered from disabled chronic Migraines since 2004
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