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Understanding migraine and other headaches [electronic resource] / Stewart J. Tepper.

By: Tepper, Stewart J.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Understanding health and sickness series: Publisher: Jackson, Miss. : University Press of Mississippi, c2004Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 124) and index.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 130 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9781417507917 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Migraine | HeadacheGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 616.8/4912 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
Introduction; 1. What Is Migraine?; 2. Who Gets Migraine?; 3. The Role of Hormones; 4. What Causes Migraine?; 5. Evaluating Migraines; 6. Acute Treatment of Migraine; 7. Preventing Migraines; 8. Other Headaches; 9. New Areas of Research; Appendix: Sources for Information and Support; Index.
Summary: Health & SICKNESS -- Consumer Health -- & . In the United States, eighteen percent of women, six percent of men, and four percent of children suffer from migraine headaches. All races are affected, although, for reasons which are unknown, whites are more likely than African Americans to be afflicted with the condition, and Asian Americans are least often migraine sufferers. Migraine is an inherited condition-many families can trace it back for generations-and it has enormous economic and social consequences, both to individual sufferers, and to the society as a whole. The cost to the U.S. societ.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 124) and index.

Introduction; 1. What Is Migraine?; 2. Who Gets Migraine?; 3. The Role of Hormones; 4. What Causes Migraine?; 5. Evaluating Migraines; 6. Acute Treatment of Migraine; 7. Preventing Migraines; 8. Other Headaches; 9. New Areas of Research; Appendix: Sources for Information and Support; Index.

Health & SICKNESS -- Consumer Health -- & . In the United States, eighteen percent of women, six percent of men, and four percent of children suffer from migraine headaches. All races are affected, although, for reasons which are unknown, whites are more likely than African Americans to be afflicted with the condition, and Asian Americans are least often migraine sufferers. Migraine is an inherited condition-many families can trace it back for generations-and it has enormous economic and social consequences, both to individual sufferers, and to the society as a whole. The cost to the U.S. societ.

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