false 2784839 3 You know that your migraine isn't just a headache. But you may not know that migraine actually is a neurological disease. Affecting one in five women, one in twenty men, and one in twenty children, it's a debilitating, complex, and chronic condition that manifests in a combination of symptoms that can include excruciating head pain as well as other distinctive physical and emotional effects. Yet it's also a disease that you can get control of, improve, and manage, as Dr. Carolyn Bernstein has discovered in her seventeen years as a Harvard Medical School faculty member and practicing neurologist.<P>Praised for her excellence and compassion, the founder of the Women's Headache Center near Boston, and a migraine sufferer herself, Dr. Bernstein has helped hundreds of her patients get better. Now, with <I>The Migraine Brain,</i> the most comprehensive, up-to-the-minute book on migraines ever written, you will be able to do the same -- reduce the frequency and intensity of your migraines, learn how to prevent and curtail them and how to recover from them more quickly, and mitigate migraine's effects on every aspect of your life: in the workplace and at home and during sex and travel. Every migraine is different because everyone who gets a migraine has a distinctive "Migraine Brain" with its own sensitivities and triggers. That's why it's so important for you to develop a personalized wellness plan to radically reduce the number and severity of your migraines.<P>Dr. Bernstein also explains why migraines happen, why they are so often misdiagnosed, and why so few people get the right treatment for them. She reveals the latest research that shows that Migraine Brains share a hypersensitivity to stimuli -- the Migraine Brain can actually look different from others on a brain scan -- and is more likely to experience a cascade of neurological reactions that give rise to the common clusters of migraine symptoms. This breakthrough medical knowledge makes treatment and recovery possible with new migraine-specific drugs as well as with complementary treatments such as yoga, biofeedback, and an exercise regimen.<P>With the extraordinarily thorough recommendations of <I>The Migraine Brain</i> in your hands, you will be fully equipped with all the latest information you need to understand migraines and to help your family and co-workers understand that migraine isn't just a headache: it's a serious, yet treatable disease. 2810601 16 9 2008 The Migraine Brain: The Breakthrough Guide for Healing Your Headache total:83|5:21|4:37|3:23|2:2|1:0| 83 326 153 37 4 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 19:18:12 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 19:26:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 08:52:20 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 14:23:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 08:48:34 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 23:18:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 17:33:44 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 17:47:59 -0800 2009 1
Although I've suffered from migraines for at least 17 years, I've never known why they happen, or read any advice on how to prevent them.

Bernstein runs a migraine clinic at Harvard, and in...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 19 08:05:25 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 09:32:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 15:51:34 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 17:17:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 11:59:17 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 06:39:50 -0800 2009 If you have migraines, read it. Finally, someone who doesn't trot out silly assumptions like "Just stop eating chocolate and you'll be fine."

The author is a Doctor, with a fondness for meds, and I found her a bit prone to underemphasize triptans' side effects (which they ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 07 07:24:50 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 19:20:38 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 07:24:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 09:29:40 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 09:29:40 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 18:35:01 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 18:39:46 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 10:47:49 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 10:54:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 12 13:33:54 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 13:48:56 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 13:18:06 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 13:18:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 12:47:05 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 12:43:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 15:41:57 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 17:27:05 -0700 2009
But it did have a few methods of dealing with migraines that were interesting and new to me.

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