The Headache Files: True Tales and Real Relief reflects Dr. Werner J. Becker's decades in headache medicine, where evolving science met the lived reality of pain. Dr. Becker, one of Canada's most eminent specialists, shares insights from his decades of practice, revealing the causes, treatments, and human stories behind headaches and migraine. Through patient stories and clinical insight, he explores migraine and hormonal headache, cluster and thunderclap headache, spinal fluid leak, post-traumatic headache, and headache from environmental causes. Part memoir, part medical history, he shows why careful listening matters, and how understanding can lead to real relief.
Have you ever wondered what causes headache and why it is one of the most disabling conditions in humans? The Headache Files: True Tales and Real Relief is a fascinating and highly informative book, written by Dr. Werner Becker, neurologist, headache expert, and Professor Emeritus, at the University of Calgary. The book provides interesting patient cases coupled with relevant medical information, history, humour, and compassion, while also discussing advances made in the field of headache medicine. Dr. Becker is a Canadian pioneer in this field and has contributed significantly to the improvement of headache care and management. This book illustrates some of the ways headache care has improved in Canada and internationally, and is a must-read for anyone with an interest in headache conditions. - Dr. Farnaz Amoozegar, Neurologist and Headache Specialist
The Headache Files: True Tales and Real Relief offers an engaging and insightful look at the migraine journey, drawing on Dr. Becker's perspective as a headache specialist and his years of experience practicing headache medicine. Through creative storytelling, real-life examples, and practical, evidence-based advice, the book brings clarity to complex conditions. Readers will find it both highly informative and genuinely helpful as they navigate their own migraine care. - Wendy Gerhart, Executive Director, Migraine Canada
It is not hyperbole to state that Dr. Werner Becker is a pillar of the headache community. His expertise is well known to the patients who have been fortunate enough to directly receive his medical care. Dr. Becker brings his wealth of expertise and unique perspective to The Headache Files: True Tales and Real Relief. - Dr. Michael Knash, Neurologist, Clinical Medicine, University of Calgary
"This book is invaluable to anyone who has migraine or other headache disorders, whether theyhave them, are managing them, or are just interested in the topic." - Dr. R. Allan Purdy, Professor of Neurology, Dalhousie University
1 Meeting at Midnight
2 Headache in the Emergency Room
3 The Queen of Headache
4 That Is the Way Your Mother Made You
5 Airhead
6 What Is the Weather Forecast?
7 The Weirdest Headaches of All
8 Springing a Leak
9 Treatment with Poisons
10 CHORD
11 CHAMP
12 When the Cure Is Worse than the Disease
13 A Pain in the Neck
14 A Knock on the Head
15 On the Road
16 Heroic Treatments
17 Science and Migraine Treatment
