The National Headache Foundation provides information about the different types of headaches. This nonprofit foundation promotes research into the causes and treatment of headache and offers support groups in many areas of the country.

American Headache Society

19 Mantua Road

Mount Royal, NJ 08061

856-423-0043

https://americanheadachesociety.org

The American Headache Society is a professional organization for healthcare providers who study and treat headache. The society also provides information about headache to the public.

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

P.O. Box 5801

Bethesda, MD 20824

301-496-5751

1-800-352-9424

https://www.ninds.nih.gov

NINDS seeks information about the brain and nervous system and uses that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease.

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