Philadelphia – Health Union, based here, has launched a free mobile app, Migraine Meter, to help the 37 million Americans suffering from migraine manage and monitor their headaches.

Every 10 seconds someone in the US goes to the emergency room with a headache or migraine, and American employers lose more than $13 billion each year as a result of 113 million lost workdays due to migraine.

The app features the latest migraine news, patient tips and expert opinions from Migraine.com and an interactive journal with limitless data storage.

It is available for download on iPhone and Android smartphones.

The interactive migraine journal within the app allows patients to track their migraine history for review by their physician.

Migraine sufferers can record the time, date, severity, impact to their daily life, treatments, triggers and more. Prior entries can be edited at any time and there is no limit to the amount of data that can be stored for free.

The Migraine Meter data is stored securely and can also be accessed via the website Migraine.com.

Data entered on the app is instantaneously visible on the website, and vice versa, and easy to read summary reports can be generated from either the website or the app.

Dr. Susan Hutchinson, of the Hoag Neurosciences Institute in Newport Beach, California said: "Keeping an accurate diary of migraine episodes is an important part of managing migraine disease, tracking a patient's history can help me identify potential patterns and migraine triggers to develop a more comprehensive treatment programme.”

The Migraine Meter is integrated with up to date news, commentary and polls from physician experts and patient advocates from Migraine.com.

Migraine.com, launched in 2010 and reaches hundreds of thousands of migraine patients each month.

It is the largest and fastest growing online community dedicated solely to migraine sufferers.
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