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Notes on pain, care, and how we build

Stories from people living with pain, and engineering notes from the team building UniqueHuman.

Stories

The good day you cannot schedule

When your body won't tell you what next week looks like, every plan becomes a small gamble. Here is what living inside that uncertainty actually asks of you.

Praneeta Pujari · Jul 8, 2026 · 3 min read

Stories

Chronic versus episodic migraine: where the line is drawn

The difference between episodic and chronic migraine is about how often, not how bad. Here is where the line sits, how people cross it, and why crossing it is not a life sentence.

UniqueHuman Team · Jul 6, 2026 · 5 min read

Engineering

Making wearable data comparable across every device

Everyone brings a different watch, ring, or band, and each one speaks its own dialect. Turning all of them into one honest picture, gaps and all, is harder and more interesting than it sounds.

UniqueHuman Engineering · Jul 3, 2026 · 5 min read

Stories

The two battles of living with chronic pain

There's the pain itself, and then there's the fight to be believed and coordinated. We built for both.

Praneeta Pujari · Jun 28, 2026 · 3 min read

Engineering

Securing health data with managed infrastructure and per-user access

Health data is the most sensitive thing a person can hand an app, and it leaks quietly in a dozen places. Our answer is almost aggressively boring, plus the honest admission that security is never finished.

UniqueHuman Engineering · Jun 26, 2026 · 4 min read

Stories

Headache red flags: the SNNOOP10 warning signs

The clinical red-flag list for dangerous secondary headaches, plus a plain overview of how migraine is actually treated.

UniqueHuman Team · Jun 26, 2026 · 3 min read

Stories

What "end-to-end pain care" really means

Tracking is the start, not the destination. End-to-end means the loop closes with real treatment.

Praneeta Pujari · Jun 25, 2026 · 3 min read

Stories

Migraine triggers: what the evidence actually shows

The popular trigger lists are shakier than they look. A careful, honest look at what tracking can and can't tell you.

UniqueHuman Team · Jun 24, 2026 · 3 min read

Stories

When a headache needs a doctor

Most headaches aren't dangerous. A few signs mean you should get checked right away. It's worth knowing them.

Praneeta Pujari · Jun 22, 2026 · 3 min read

Stories

Why we built UniqueHuman for pain first

Chronic pain is everywhere and served almost nowhere. Here's why it's where we started.

Praneeta Pujari · Jun 20, 2026 · 3 min read

Stories

What triggers migraines, and how to find yours

Triggers are more personal, and trickier, than the internet makes them sound. Here's how to actually find yours.

Praneeta Pujari · Jun 18, 2026 · 3 min read

Stories

The phases of migraine: what the evidence shows

A carefully sourced look at the four phases of a migraine attack, and what the data really says about how common each one is.

UniqueHuman Team · Jun 16, 2026 · 3 min read

Stories

The four stages of a migraine attack

A migraine is more than the headache. Knowing its stages can help you catch an attack before it takes over.

Praneeta Pujari · Jun 15, 2026 · 3 min read

Stories

Headache types by the criteria: a clinical guide

How clinicians actually tell migraine, tension-type, and cluster headache apart, using the diagnostic criteria, with sources.

UniqueHuman Team · Jun 12, 2026 · 3 min read

Stories

Migraine, tension, or cluster? How to tell your headache apart

Not every headache is the same, and the difference changes what actually helps. A plain guide to the common types.

Praneeta Pujari · Jun 10, 2026 · 3 min read

Stories

The science of migraine: what's happening in the brain

A closer, carefully sourced look at migraine biology: cortical spreading depression, the trigeminovascular system, and CGRP.

UniqueHuman Team · Jun 8, 2026 · 4 min read

Stories

What is a migraine? (It's not just a bad headache)

A migraine is a neurological disease, not a character flaw or a low pain threshold. Here's what's actually going on.

Praneeta Pujari · Jun 5, 2026 · 3 min read