Headaches & Migraines

There are a number of different types of headaches: tension-type headaches, migraine headaches, cluster headaches, organic headaches, hormone headaches and rebound headaches to name a few.  In the United States there are about 28 million migraine sufferers over the age of 12.  Women make up 21 million of them. Sometimes people who have headaches are really experiencing a migraine. Take this quiz to see if that might be the case for you.
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Books on Headaches & Migraines
Living Well with Migraine Disease and Headaches: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know
Terri Robert, 2005
Provides current information on headaches and migraine disease. Includes treatments, personal stories and coping techniques. Lists headache triggers and reviews preventive and complementary therapies. 

Mayo Clinic on Headache
Jerry W. Swanson, Mayo Clinic Staff, 2004
Covers the latest advances and best techniques practiced by Mayo Clinic doctors in the care of their patients.
 
Women's Migraine Survival Guide
Christina Peterson, 1999
Discusses the effects of menstruation, pregnancy and menopause on migraines and demonstrates how to keep a headache diary to help identify specific triggers.
 
MAGNUM – Suggested Reading 
 
Books on Headache (National Headache Foundation)  
  
NC Services & Support

Department of Neurology (UNC at Chapel Hill)
(919) 966-8167
 
Headache Web Sites Serving North Carolina (NC Health Info) 

Suggested Web Links

Headache versus Migraine (American Pain Foundation) 
 
Headaches and Hormones: What's the Connection? (Mayo Clinic) 
 
Managing Headaches (UpToDate) 

Migraine Information (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Women and Migraine (American Council for Headache Education) 
 
Headaches and Older Adults: What's Common? (Mayo Clinic) 
 
Migraine Headaches (National Women’s Health Information Center)

MAGNUM (National Migraine Association)

Headache Center (Mayo Clinic) 
 
Headache – MedlinePlus

Migraine - MedlinePlus

 

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