'The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction—and a Search for Relief' by Tom Zeller Jr.

"Roughly 40% of the global population, or 3.1 billion people, suffer some kind of headache disorder," said in The Wall Street Journal . Yet because the source is unknown and invisible, the pain is often brushed off, "or worse, considered imaginary." Tom Zeller Jr.'s new book about migraines and other debilitating headaches can't solve the mystery of their cause. But he provides "ample and vivid evidence of the all-consuming pain that headache sufferers endure" and, using a tour through medical history and his own experiences of excruciating cluster headaches, argues powerfully that researchers and their funders must direct more attention to relieving the afflicted.

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