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Description
Written by a leading neuroscientist, Splitting tells the fascinating true story about headaches, and the secrets they reveal about your brain and overall health.
Did you know...
- that chocolate doesn't give you a headache - and may in fact prevent one happening?
- that 30% of us sneeze at sunlight?
- that you can see off a headache with an orgasm?
- or that you shouldn't wear a striped top if your spouse gets migraines?
From migraines to sinus pain to tension headaches – and everything in between – Splitting separates fact from fiction, putting you in control and helping you practise habits that will protect you from headache.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2: Brain Freeze Headache and the youngest author in the British Medical Journal
Chapter 3: Sinus, sensation and snot
Chapter 4: Stress and the vicious circle
Chapter 5:Cluster headaches and why they are the worst
Chapter 6: Migraine headache: Classic or common?
Chapter 7: Causes of migraine: myriad and revealing
Chapter 8: Taking your headache out of your head.
Product details

Published | 20 Jul 2020 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 240 |
ISBN | 9781472971401 |
Imprint | Green Tree |
Dimensions | 216 x 135 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
About the contributors
Reviews
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An insightful, entertaining book.
Daily Mail
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From ice cream headaches to migraine, this fascinating and entertaining account of a common curse draws together modern science, ancient views and personal experience.
Professor Roy Taylor, author of Life Without Diabetes
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Most of us have experienced a headache at some point in our lives. Neuroscientist Amanda Ellison has the lowdown on why we get them and busts some commonly believed myths about their triggers
Daily Mirror
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I have suffered from migraine for many years now, and have never before read such a clear explanation of what is happening to me during a migraine attack.
The i
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An insightful look at all manner of head pain
Spirituality and Health magazine