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Release TIPPER GORE, SENATOR BILL FRIST, M.D. & OTHERS ON CAPITOL HILL COME OUT STRONG FOR MIGRAINE DISEASE AWARENESSALEXANDRIA, VA (October 1, 2000)- In a keynote letter in MAGNUM's 5th Annual Migraine Disease Awareness Exhibition program, Tipper Gore stated "by increasing awareness about the true nature of Migraine disease, erasing the stigma and shame associated with this condition, and working to improve our nation's public policies, you (MAGNUM) bring hope to millions of people and families affected by this condition." Dr. Bill Frist, the only United States Senator who is a physician, noted in his letter of support to MAGNUM "your efforts to raise public awareness about the symptoms and epidemiology associated with Migraine disease are laudable. We all benefit from the commitment MAGNUM has displayed to Migraine disease education and prevention." Senator Charles S. Robb, who has supported MAGNUM longer than any other legislator, noted in his current message that he voiced praise and appreciation for the leadership of MAGNUM's Michael John Coleman, Executive Director, and Terri Miller Burchfield, Legislative Director. Robb continued by saying, "I congratulate them for (their) continued national and international work towards increasing public awareness of Migraine disease." |
| Directly across the Potomac River from the Nation's Capitol, the non-profit
health care public education NGO (Non-Government Organization), M.A.G.N.U.M.,
The National Migraine Association, presented their fifth annual event
on Migraine disease education. MAGNUM hosted its fifth annual disease
awareness event this year by adding a half-day medical meeting featuring
some of the nationās best-known and respected Migraine medical experts.
The meeting and event were sponsored in part by grants from GlaxoWellcome
and Weber & Weber. The meeting portion was held at the Hilton Alexandria,
Old Town, Virginia, on Friday, September 29. The popular awareness art
exhibit opened Saturday evening September 30, and will run through October
10, 2000. The public is encouraged to visit Principle Gallery at the historic
Gilpin House in Old Town Alexandria, VA and learn more about Migraine
disease while enjoying quality fine art by two well-known artists who
are both Migraineurs.
In addition to Tipper Gore, 17 other letters of support and policy were issued for this event. These include letters from U.S. Senators Bill Frist, M.D. (R-TN), Charles Robb (D-VA), John Warner (R-VA), Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Tim Johnson (D-SD), and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and from two of the best known U.S. Congressmen, Representatives Cliff Srearns (R-FL) and James P. Moran (D-VA). MAGNUM's Washington, DC Headquarters office is located in Alexandria, Virginia, where Virginian Thomas Jefferson, a well known Migraineur, spent a great deal of time. Accordingly, we believe that Mr. Jefferson would be proud to have ALL the key political leaders from Virginia express their support for this event, including, in addition to the Virginia Senators and Congressmen listed above, Virginia Governor James Gilmore and Alexandria Mayor Kerry J. Donley. Dr. Merle Diamond from the renowned Diamond Headache Clinic in Chicago recently joined as a Board Advisor to MAGNUM and issued the Medical Keynote letter of support for the program which stated "it is with wholehearted enthusiasm for, and commitment to, your [MAGNUM] efforts that I write today to endorse MAGNUM's Fifth Annual Awareness Exhibition and Medical Meeting." Speakers at the medical meeting included the nation's leading Migraine epidemiologist Dr. Richard Lipton, President, American Headache Society, who addressed the burden of Migraine; Dr. Alexander Mauskop, Director of the NY Headache Center, who discussed preventative therapies; and Alexandria's own Dr. Stuart Stark of The Neurology and Headache Treatment Center and Board Advisor to MAGNUM, who discussed acute management. Each of the speakers submitted a letter of support to MAGNUM for the event, joined by the leading head-pain medical organizations, American Council for Headache Education (ACHE) and the international group, the World Headache Alliance (WHA). MAGNUM believes that Migraine disease is an important women's health issue, and thanks all the government officials who help to bring this major unsung issue of Migraine disease to public attention. The topics discussed Friday, along with educating patients about taking what MAGNUM calls a Multi-Factorial approach to Migraine management and treatment (namely preventative treatment, trigger management, abortive treatment, and general pain management), will help to lessen the pain and improve the lives of Migraine and head pain sufferers worldwide. For more information contact MAGNUM at their Washington Headquarters at (703) 349-1929 or visit its top rated and award winning health website www.migraines.org (best of the net 1999 and 2000, awarded by Access Magazine). # # # |
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