The Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy
is comprised of doctors, researchers, advocates, and patients who
are vitally concerned about the health of patients with headache
disorders including migraine disease, cluster headaches, chronic
daily headache, new daily persistent headache, tension-type
headaches. All headache disorders.
The AHDA is dedicated to advocacy
efforts that can result in better treatment for all headache
disorder patients.
The current executive committee of the
AHDA is comprised of:
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Quick Facts:
Headache disorders cause more
than 1 percent of all disability and 9 percent of all lost labor
in the US every year.
Migraine
alone is the 12th most disabling disorder in the
US.
Headache disorders are the
most prevalent neurological disorders, affecting more than
90% of all Americans.
The US annual direct and
indirect economic costs of headache disorders exceed $31
billion.
The NIH expended less than $10
million in 2006 towards all research on headache disorders,
comprising less than 0.05 percent of its total budget.
Everyone working on
the AHDA's efforts volunteers their time, but
there are expenses involved in making this site
possible. If you wish to make a donation, it can be made
through the AHS. When you make your donation, please
specify that it's for the AHDA or "Headache on the
Hill." Thank you!
