Headache Relief

No matter how you look at it, the statistics are staggering. At any given time, two million Americans are suffering from a headache. And each year, forty-five million of them suffer from headaches long and intense enough to interfere with their work. At least half of these seek medical help for their pain. In desperation, they swallow more than eighteen billion pills per year and pay in excess of four billion dollars in their quest for relief. If you're one of the more than 45 million Americans who suffer from excruciating headaches each year, then you know how debilitating and frustrating head pain can be. But are you aware of the very powerful connection between the hormones in our bodies and head pain? In fact, hormones are the root cause of most headaches. Based on the latest research, Headache Relief provides new insight into the whys, hows, and what-can-be-dones of migraine, tension, and food-related headaches. If you've tried everything else and still haven't found relief, help is on the way. In easy-to-understand language, Headache Relief takes you step by step through headache pain and its causes by explaining: *How hormones work and what they do *How to prevent and treat headaches with the latest drug therapies *How diet, exercise, and other non-drug therapies can lead to long-term relief Written by one of the leading headache specialists in the world, Headache Relief offers solid information, fascinating discoveries, and new hope to chronic headache sufferers. Seymour Diamond, M.D., is the director of the Diamond Headache Clinic and of the Inpatient Headache Unit at Columbus Hospital in Chicago.