Australians across the country are donning burgundy and purple today for Burple Day, the flagship event of Migraine Awareness Month
Migraine Australia
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Burples ready for their most important day of the year
That rustling noise you swear you can hear somewhere in the house? It may be a Burple. And in just a few days, they’ll be everywhere, celebrating their favourite day.
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Call to “give migraine a break” as new medication heads to the PBS
Migraine Australia has launched a campaign calling for the nation’s leaders to “give migraine a break” after a new medication took more than five years to get approval to be listed on the PBS.
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Local ambassador for Migraine Australia hopes for “More compassion and understanding”
New England Ambassador for Migraine Australia, Inverell’s Megan Gaukroger, says Migraine Awareness Month is a great time to learn, but compassion is needed all year round.
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We’ve gone Burple!
The New England Times is joining with many organisations and people around the country going Burple – wearing burgundy or purple – for migraine awareness today for Migraine Australia’s Burple Day.
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Burples a bit of fun for the not at all fun disease affecting 1 in 5 people
We are all being asked to wear burgundy and purple on Friday June 7 to show our support for the five million Australians who live with this common but misunderstood disorder.
Posted inAwareness Events, Inverell, Local profiles, Volunteering
Inverell volunteer following the family tradition by giving back, “Been in the blood for a long, long time”
For Inverell’s Megan Gaukroger, her family have a long line of volunteering and service to the community going back several generations.
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Migraine medications struggle to get PBS listing
Migraine has been redefined as a genetic sensory processing disorder but the new medications that can manage the complex condition are struggling to get on the PBS.