The migraine brain - Carolyn Bernstein

The Migraine Brain is the comprehensive, most up-to-date book on migraines and it offers any sufferer the opportunity to get better:? Reduce the frequency and intensity of migraines? Learn how to prevent and curtail them? Discover how to recover from them quickly.Every migraine is different because every sufferer has a unique Migraine Brain, with its own sensitivities and triggers.Dr Bernstein identifies what can trigger an attack, helping readers to develop a personalised plan to control or prevent their pain. Including research into the newest drug treatments, as well a range of tactics and treatments (from lifestyle change such as yoga, exercise and better sleep to diet) The Migraine Brain provides sufferers with everything they need to change their lives forever. Packed with the latest medical research and an up to date resource section, as well as lively anecdotes from sufferers, quizzes and questionnaires to help identify a personal approach to managing migraines, The Migraine Brain offers a comprehensive treatment programme.Your
migraine isn't just a headache.But it's an illness that you can control and
manage.Migraine is actually a neurological disease. It affects one in five
women and one in twenty men, and can be a debilitating and chronic condition
with a range of physical and emotional symptoms (not just excruciating head
pain). It is caused by chemical and structural differences in the brains and
central nervous systems of sufferers."Bernstein approaches the reader as
she might patients -- creatively, scientifically, and sympathetically --
offering a range of tactics and treatments to help migraine sufferers control
and mitigate their pain."'Publishers Weekly'The Migraine Brain is the
comprehensive, most up-to-date book on migraines and it offers any sufferer
the opportunity to get better:? Reduce the frequency and intensity of
migraines? Learn how to prevent and curtail them? Discover how to recover
from them quickly.Every migraine is different because every sufferer has a
unique Migraine Brain, with its own sensitivities and triggers.Dr Bernstein
identifies what can trigger an attack, helping readers to develop a
personalised plan to control or prevent their pain. Including research into
the newest drug treatments, as well a range of tactics and treatments (from
lifestyle change such as yoga, exercise and better sleep to diet) The
Migraine Brain provides sufferers with everything they need to change their
lives forever.Packed with the latest medical research and an up to date
resource section, as well as lively anecdotes from sufferers, quizzes and
questionnaires to help identify a personal approach to managing migraines,
The Migraine Brain offers a comprehensive treatment programme.Dr Carolyn
Bernstein is an assistant professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School
and has founded her own clinic, the Women's Headache Center. Elaine McArdle
is an award-winning journalist who has suffered from migraines for twenty
years.